The orchid root with the velamen radicum: a multifunctional organ

• Applicant: Professor Dr. Gerhard Zotz
• Subject Area: Ecology and Biodiversity of Plants and Ecosystems ; Plant Physiology
• Term: from 2013 to 2019
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 235093790

• Final Report Year: 2017

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Publications

• The velamen of epiphytic orchids: variation in structure and correlations with nutrient absorption. Flora, Vol. 230. 2017, pp. 66-74.
  Joca, Thais Arruda Costa; Oliveira, Denis Coelho de; Zotz, Gerhard; Winkler, Uwe & Moreira, Ana Silvia Franco Pinheiro
  
• The velamen radicum is common among terrestrial monocotyledons. Annals of botany, Vol.120. 2017, Issue 5, pp. 625-632.
  Zotz, Gerhard; Schickenberg, Nina & Albach, Dirk
  
• Chemical composition of cell walls in velamentous roots of epiphytic Orchidaceae. Protoplasma, Vol. 257. 2020, pp. 103–118.
  Joca, Thais Arruda Costa; de Oliveira, Denis Coelho; Zotz, Gerhard; Cardoso, João Custódio Fernandes & Moreira, Ana Sílvia Franco Pinheiro
  
• Variation in root morphology of epiphytic orchids along small-scale and large-scale moisture gradients. Acta Botanica Brasilica, Vol.34.2020, no.1, pp. 66-73.
  Einzmann, Helena J. R.; Schickenberg, Nina & Zotz, Gerhard