Kinetics of recovery of leaf hydraulic conductance and vein functionality from cavitation-induced embolism in sunflower

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 54, Issue 391, 2003, Pages 2323-2330

  Trifilò, Patrizia ^a   Gascó, Antonio ^b   Raimondo, Fabio ^a   Nardini, Andrea ^a   Salleo, Sebastiano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b Technical University of Madrid   (Spain)

Author keywords

Helianthus annuus; Hydraulic conductance; Leaf; Refilling; Sunflower; Vein embolism; Xylem pressure

Indexed keywords

CAVITATION; DEHYDRATION; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; WATER;

LEAF VEIN RECOVERY;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

WATER;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DEHYDRATION; DRUG EFFECT; KINETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; SUNFLOWER;

DEHYDRATION; HELIANTHUS; KINETICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT LEAVES; WATER;

HELIANTHUS; HELIANTHUS ANNUUS;

EID: 0141872413     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erg259     Document Type: Article

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