Application of a single-solute non-steady-state phloem model to the study of long-distance assimilate transport

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 220, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 419-455

  Thompson, Matthew V ^a   Holbrook, N Michele ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SUCROSE;

FLOW MODELING; PHLOEM; SOLUTE;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONDUCTANCE; FLOW; MASS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OSMOSIS; PHLOEM; PLANT TISSUE; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS MODEL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIEVE TUBE; SOLUTE; TIME; TRANSPORT KINETICS; VISCOELASTICITY;

EID: 0037458344     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jtbi.2003.3115     Document Type: Article

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