Pressure-volume analysis of a range of poikilohydric plants implies the existence of negative turgot in vegetative cells

Annals of Botany

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 145-152

  Beckett, R P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

desiccation; negative turgor; poikilohydric; Pressure volume isotherms; thermocouple psychrometry; wall elasticity; water stress

Indexed keywords

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; FILICOPHYTA; HYMENOPHYLLUM; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 0030902777     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbo.1996.0318     Document Type: Article

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