Comparative measurements of xylem pressure in transpiring and non-transpiring leaves by means of the pressure chamber and the xylem pressure probe

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 49, Issue 327, 1998, Pages 1757-1760

  Melcher, P J ^a   Meinzer, F C ^b   Yount, D E ^a   Goldstein, G ^a   Zimmermann, U ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b HAWAII AGRICULTURE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cohesion Tension theory; Pressure chamber; Xylem pressure probe; Xylem tension

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031719530     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/49.327.1757     Document Type: Article

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