Confocal microscopy showing conductive vessels (red walls) and nonconductive wood (ncw) with phenolics.
Peter Kitin et al. Tyloses and Phenolic Deposits in Xylem Vessels Impede Water Transport in Low-Lignin Transgenic Poplars: A Study by Cryo-Fluorescence Microscopy, Plant Physiology October 2010 vol. 154 no. 2 887-898
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