Pit membrane porosity and water stress-induced cavitation in four co-existing dry rainforest tree species

Plant Physiology

Volumn 131, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 41-48

  Choat, Brendan ^a,b,c   Ball, Marilyn ^b   Luly, Jon ^a   Holtum, Joseph ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAVITATION; DROUGHT; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MEMBRANES; POROSITY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STRESSES;

PIT MEMBRANE POROSITY;

FORESTRY;

ALPHITONIA; ALPHITONIA EXCELSA; AUSTROMYRTUS BIDWILLII; BRACHYCHITON; BRACHYCHITON AUSTRALIS; COCHLOSPERMUM; COCHLOSPERMUM GILLIVRAEI;

EID: 0347925049     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.014100     Document Type: Article

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