Root xylem embolisms: Implications for water flow to the shoot in single-rooted maize plants

Australian Journal of Plant Physiology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 107-114

  Shane, M W ^a   McCully, M E ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cavitation; Cryo analytical microscopy; Embolisms; Maize (Zea mays L.); Single rooted plants; Xylem transport

Indexed keywords

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0032918499     PISSN: 03107841     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/PP98060     Document Type: Article

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