To tense, or not too tense: Reopening the debate about water ascent in plants

Trends in Plant Science

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 105-106

  Shackel, Ken ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0001586105     PISSN: 13601385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1360-1385(96)90001-1     Document Type: Article

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