Long-distance transport of gases in plants: A perspective on internal aeration and radial oxygen loss from roots

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 17-36

  Colmer, T D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aerenchyma; Carbon dioxide; Diffusion; Ethylene; Methane; Oxygen; Plant aeration; Pressurized flow; Radial oxygen loss; Roots; Wetland plants

Indexed keywords

GAS TRANSPORT; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT;

HYPODERRIS; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 0037237630     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3040.2003.00846.x     Document Type: Review

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