Water uptake by roots of Hordeum marinum: Formation of a barrier to radial O 2 loss does not affect root hydraulic conductivity

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 655-664

  Garthwaite, Alaina J ^a   Steudle, Ernst ^b   Colmer, Timothy D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adventitious roots; Aerenchyma; Exodermis; Hydraulic conductivity; Hypodermis; O 2 deficiency; Pressure chamber; Radial O 2 loss; Root pressure probe; Triticum aestivum; Wheat

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN; WATER;

ARTICLE; BARLEY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HISTOLOGY; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; METABOLISM; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT ROOT; WHEAT;

HORDEUM; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; OXYGEN; PLANT ROOTS; TRITICUM; WATER;

EID: 33645211001     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erj055     Document Type: Article

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