Phloem water relations and root growth

Australian Journal of Plant Physiology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 539-548

  Pritchard, Jeremy ^a   Winch, Sam ^a   Gould, Nick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Apoplastic; Phloem; Plasmodesmata; Root; Sieve element; Solute flux; Symplastic; Translocation carbon partitioning; Turgor

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033925771     PISSN: 03107841     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/pp99175     Document Type: Conference Paper

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