Revisiting the Münch pressure-flow hypothesis for long-distance transport of carbohydrates: Modelling the dynamics of solute transport inside a semipermeable tube

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 53, Issue 373, 2002, Pages 1411-1419

  Henton, S M ^a   Greaves, A J ^a   Piller, G J ^a   Minchin, P E H ^a  

^a THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

M nch pressure flow hypothesis; Navier Stokes equation; Phloem transport; Van't Hoff equation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; OSMOSIS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; SIEVES; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; VISCOUS FLOW;

PRESSURE FLOW;

CARBOHYDRATES;

SUCROSE; WATER;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION CHAMBER; INSTRUMENTATION; METABOLISM; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; TIME; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

ALGORITHMS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION CHAMBERS, CULTURE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PLANT COMPONENTS; SUCROSE; TIME FACTORS; WATER;

EID: 0036015575     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/53.373.1411     Document Type: Article

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