Inter-vessel pitting and cavitation in woody Rosaceae and other vessel led plants: A basis for a safety versus efficiency trade-off in xylem transport

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 800-812

  Wheeler, James K ^a   Sperry, John S ^a   Hacke, Uwe G ^a   Hoang, Nguyen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Air seeding; Cavitation resistance; Pit resistance; Vessel length; Water transport; Xylem flow resistance; Xylem structure and function

Indexed keywords

XYLEM;

FILICOPHYTA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; ROSACEAE;

EID: 21244486303     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3040.2005.01330.x     Document Type: Article

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