Dr. Lenka Plavcova

Profile

Academic positionPost Doc
Research fieldsPlant and Cell Developmental Biology,Plant Physiology
Keywordsanatomy, parenchyma, water transport, wood, xylem

Current contact address

CountryCzech Republic
CityHradec Kralove
InstitutionUniversity of Hradec Kralove

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Steven JansenInstitut für Systematische Botanik und Ökologie, Universität Ulm, Ulm
Start of initial sponsorship01/04/2013

Program(s)

2012Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme for Postdocs

Publications (partial selection)

2016Hugh Morris, Lenka Plavcová, Patrick Cvecko, Esther Fichtler, Mark A. F. Gillingham, Hugo I. Martinez- Cabrera, Daniel J. McGlinn, Elisabeth Wheeler, Jingming Zheng, Kasia Zieminska, Steven Jansen: A global analysis of parenchyma tissue fractions in secondary xylem of seed plants. In: New Phytologist, 2016, 1553-1565
2015Lenka Plavcova, Steven Jansen: The Role of Xylem Parenchyma in the Storage and Utilization of Nonstructural Carbohydrates. In: Uwe G Hacke, Functional and Ecological Xylem Anatomy. Springer, 2015. 209-234
2013Lenka Plavcová, Steven Jansen, Matthias Klepsch, Uwe G Hacke: Nobody’s perfect: can irregularities in pit structure influence vulnerability to cavitation?. In: Frontiers in Plant Science, 2013,