The pressure probe: A versatile tool in plant cell physiology

Annual Review of Plant Biology

Volumn 50, Issue , 1999, Pages 447-472

  Tomos, A Deri ^a   Leigh, Roger A ^b  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cell solutes; Cell water relations; Osmotic pressure; Tissue mapping; Turgor

Indexed keywords

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EID: 0033505415     PISSN: 15435008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.arplant.50.1.447     Document Type: Article

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