The determination of membrane transport parameters with the cell pressure probe: Theory suggests that unstirred layers have significant impact

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1475-1486

  Tyree, Melvin T ^a   Koh, Sharon ^b,c   Sands, Peter ^b  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b CSIRO Forest and Forest Prod and Cooperative Research Centre for Sustainable Production Forestry ^*  (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cell pressure probe; Hydraulic conductivity; Reflection coefficient; Solute permeability; Unstirred layers

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MEMBRANE; OSMOSIS; PLANT;

CHARA; CHARA CORALLINA;

EID: 33645716561     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: 13653040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3040.2005.01384.x     Document Type: Article

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