Logistics of water and salt transport through the plant: Structure and functioning of the xylem

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 87-101

  De Boer, A H ^a   Volkov, V ^b,c  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b TIMIRYAZEV INSTITUTE OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cavitation repair; Ion channels; Ion transport; Ion transporters; Potassium; Sodium; Water transport; Xylem

Indexed keywords

PHYSIOLOGY; WATER RELATIONS; XYLEM;

EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 0037241108     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3040.2003.00930.x     Document Type: Review

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