Structural and functional evidence for xylem-mediated water transport and high transpiration in Agrobacterium tumefaciens-induced tumors of Ricinus communis

Botanica Acta

Volumn 109, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 405-411

  Schurr, U ^a   Schuberth, Bettina ^a   Aloni, R ^b   Pradel, Katja S ^c   Schmundt, D ^a   Jahne B ^a   Ullrich, Cornelia I ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agrobacterium tumefaciens induced plant tumors; cuticle integrity; function of stomata; high resolution infrared thermography; transpiration; transport of fluorescent dyes; xylem structure

Indexed keywords

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; RICINUS COMMUNIS;

EID: 0029953356     PISSN: 09328629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1438-8677.1996.tb00590.x     Document Type: Article

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