Direct measurement of xylem pressure in leaves of intact maize plants. A test of the cohesion-tension theory taking hydraulic architecture into consideration

Plant Physiology

Volumn 121, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1191-1205

  Chunfang, Wei ^a   Tyree, Melvin T ^b   Steudle, Ernst ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW RATE; GAS EXCHANGE; GRAVIMETRY; LIGHT INTENSITY; MEASUREMENT; MODEL; PROBE; WATER FLOW; XYLEM TENSION;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0343621458     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.121.4.1191     Document Type: Article

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