Phloem-xylem water flow in developing cladodes of Opuntia ficus-indica during sink-to-source transition

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 48, Issue 308, 1997, Pages 675-682

  Wang, Ning ^a   Zhang, Hehui ^a   Nobel, Park S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Carboxyfluorescein; phloem xylem water flow; source sink water relations; sulphorhodamine G; trisodium 8 hydroxy 1,3,6 pyrenetrisulphonate

Indexed keywords

OPUNTIA; OPUNTIA FICUS; OPUNTIA FICUS-INDICA;

EID: 0030949645     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/48.3.675     Document Type: Article

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