Variation in xylem structure and function in roots and stems of scion-rootstock combinations of sweet cherry tree (Prunus avium L.)

Trees - Structure and Function

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 121-130

  Gonçalves, Berta ^a   Correia, Carlos M ^a   Silva, Ana Paula ^b   Bacelar, Eunice A ^a   Santos, Alberto ^b   Ferreira, Helena ^a   Moutinho Pereira, José M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Plant water transport; Relative hydraulic conductivity; Rootstock effects; Vulnerability to cavitation; Whole tree hydraulic architecture; Xylem anatomy

Indexed keywords

GROWTH KINETICS; TISSUE CULTURE; WATER;

LEAF GAS EXCHANGE; RELATIVE HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; ROOTSTOCK EFFECTS; VESSEL FREQUENCIES (VF);

FORESTRY;

ANATOMY; FORESTRY; TISSUE CULTURE; WATER; XYLEM;

PRUNUS; PRUNUS AVIUM;

EID: 33847267258     PISSN: 09311890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00468-006-0102-2     Document Type: Article

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