Changes in pit membrane porosity due to deflection and stretching: The role of vestured pits

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 55, Issue 402, 2004, Pages 1569-1575

  Choat, Brendan ^a   Jansen, Steven ^b   Zwieniecki, Maciej A ^a   Smets, Erik ^b   Holbrook, N Michele ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Air seeding; Cavitation; Deflection; Pit membranes; Porosity; Vestures; Xylem

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES; CAVITATION; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; STRESSES;

ANGIOSPERMS; MEMBRANE POROSITY;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

AIR; ANGIOSPERM; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; COATED PIT; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FRAXINUS; MECHANICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; POROSITY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOPHORA; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AIR; ANGIOSPERMS; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; COATED PITS, CELL-MEMBRANE; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FRAXINUS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; POROSITY; SOPHORA; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

FRAXINUS; FRAXINUS AMERICANA; JAPONICA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; SOPHORA; SOPHORA JAPONICA;

EID: 3242706099     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erh173     Document Type: Article

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