Vulnerability to cavitation in populations of two desert species, Hymenoclea salsola and Ambrosia dumosa, from different climatic regions

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 48, Issue 311, 1997, Pages 1323-1334

  Mencuccini, M ^a,b   Comstock, J ^a  

^a United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service and Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ambrosia dumosa; Cavitation; Hydraulic conductance; Hymenoclea salsola; Xylem embolism

Indexed keywords

AMBROSIA; AMBROSIA DUMOSA; HYMENOCLEA SALSOLA; SALSOLA;

EID: 0030837725     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/48.6.1323     Document Type: Article

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