The essentials of direct xylem pressure measurement

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 549-555

  Wei, C ^a   Steudle, E ^b   Tyree, M T ^c   Lintilhac, P M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^c USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cavitation; Cell pressure probe; Cohesion Tension theory; Negative pressure; Scholander pressure bomb

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035039787     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3040.2001.00697.x     Document Type: Article

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