A critical review on methods to measure apoplastic pH in plants

Plant and Soil

Volumn 219, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 29-40

  Yu, Q ^a,b   Tang, C ^a   Kuo, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b SOUTH CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Apoplastic fluid; Apoplastic pH; Fluorescent probes; Ion selective electrodes; Weak acid influx

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034121390     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1004724610550     Document Type: Article

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