Effects of salinity on xylem structure and water use in growing leaves of sorghum

New Phytologist

Volumn 146, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 119-127

  Baum, Stuart F ^a   Tran, Phong N ^a   Silk, Wendy K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Growth rate; Hydraulic architecture; Leaf; Protoxylem; Salinity; Sorghum bicolor (sorghum); Transport law; Water use

Indexed keywords

SALINITY; SORGHUM; WATER USE; XYLEM;

SORGHUM BICOLOR;

EID: 0034089790     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-8137.2000.00625.x     Document Type: Article

References (31)

1. Altus DP, Canny MJ, Blackman DR. 1985. Water pathways in wheat leaves. II. Water-conducting capacities and vessel diameters of different vein types, and the behaviour of the integrated network. Australian Journal of Plant Physiology 12: 183-189.
2. Bernstein N, Silk WK, Läuchli A. 1993. Growth and development of sorghum leaves under conditions of NaCl stress-spatial and temporal aspects of leaf growth inhibition. Planta 191: 433-439.
3. Bernstein N, Silk WK, Läuchli A. 1995. Growth and development of sorghum leaves under conditions of NaCl stress: possible role of some mineral elements in growth inhibition. Planta 196: 699-705.
4. Calkin H, Gibson A, Nobel P. 1986. Biophysical model of xylem conductance in tracheids of the fern Pteris vittata. Journal of Experimental Botany 37: 1054-1064.
5. Canny MJ. 1991. The xylem wedge as a functional unit - speculations on the consequences of flow in leaky tubes. New Phytologist 118: 367-374.
6. 4 grasses (Poaceae) - bundle sheath and mesophyll surface area relationships. Annals of Botany 73: 241-255.
7. Dodd IC, Davies WJ. 1996. The relationship between leaf growth and ABA accumulation in the grass leaf elongation zone. Plant, Cell and Environment 19: 1047-1056.
8. Eichhorn SE, Perry JW, Evert RF. 1986. Preparation guide for laboratory topics in botany. New York, USA: Worth Publishers.
9. Esau K. 1953. Plant anatomy. New York, USA: John Wiley & Sons.
10. Fricke W, Hinde PS, Leigh RA, Tomos AD. 1995. Vacuolar solutes in the upper epidermis of barley leaves: intercellular differences follow patterns. Planta 196: 40-49.
11. Hayward H, Long E. 1941. Anatomical and physiological responses of the tomato to varying concentrations of sodium chloride, sodium sulfate and nutrient solutions. Botanical Gazette 102: 437-462.
12. Johansen DA. 1940. Plant microtechnique. New York, USA: McGraw-Hill.
13. Martre P, Durand JL, Cochard H. 2000. Changes in axial hydraulic conductivity along elongating leaf blades in relation to xylem maturation in tall fescue. New Phytologist. (In press.)
14. Meinzer FC, Goldstein G, Neufeld HS, Grantz DA, Crisosto GM. 1992. Hydraulic architecture of sugarcane in relation to patterns of water use during plant development. Plant, Cell and Environment 15: 471-477.
15. Meinzer FC, Grantz DA. 1990. Stomatal and hydraulic conductance in growing sugarcane: stomatal adjustment to water transport capacity. Plant, Cell and Environment 13: 383-388.
16. Meiri A, Silk WK, Läuchli A. 1992. Growth and deposition of inorganic nutrient elements in developing leaves of Zea mays L. Plant Physiology 99: 972-978.
17. Munns R, Passioura J. 1984. Hydraulic resistance of plants. III. Effects of NaCl in barley and lupin. Australian Journal of Plant Physiology 11: 351-359.
18. Neumann P. 1987. Sequential leaf senescence and correlatively controlled increases in the xylem flow resistance. Plant Physiology 83: 941-944.
19. 2 improves the growth of wheat under salinity. Austialian Journal of Plant Physiology 20: 349-360.
20. Nonami H, Boyer JS. 1993. Direct demonstration of a growth-induced water potential gradient. Plant Physiology 102: 13-19.
21. Paolillo DJ. 1995. Protoxylem maturation in the seedling leaf of wheat. American Journal of Botany 82: 337-346.
22. Puech-Suanzes I, Hsiao TC, Fereres E, Henderson DS. 1989. Water-stress effects on the carbon exchange rates of three upland cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) cultivars in the field. Field Crops Research 21: 239-255.
23. Richards R, Passioura J. 1989. Breeding program to reduce the diameter of the major xylem vessel in the seminal roots of wheat and its effect on grain yield in rain-fed environments. Australian Journal of Agricultural Research 40: 943-950.
24. Sass JE. 1958. Elements of botanical microtechnique. New York. USA: McGraw-Hill.
25. Schultz HR, Matthews MA. 1993. Xylem development and hydraulic conductance in sun and shade shoots of grapevine (Vitis vinifer L.): evidence that low light uncouples water transport capacity from leaf area. Planta 190: 393-406.
26. Sharman BC. 1942. Developmental anatomy of the shoot of Zea mays L. Annals of Botany 6: 245-281.
27. Silk WK. 1994. Kinematics and dynamics of primary growth. Biomimetics 2: 199-213.
28. Silk WK, Erickson RO. 1978. Kinematics of hyocotyl curvature. American Journal of Botany 65: 310-319.
29. Silk WK, Wagner KK. 1980. Growth-sustaining water potential distributions in the primary corn root. A noncompartmented continuum model. Plant Physiology 66: 859-863.
30. Trivett CL, Evert RF. 1998. Ontogeny of the vascular bundles and contiguous tissues in the barley leaf blade. International Journal of Plant Sciences 159: 716-723.
31. Zimmermann MH, Brown CL. 1971. Trees, structure and function. Berlin, Germany: Springer-Verlag.