Optimal conditions for visualizing water-conducting pathways in a living tree by the dye injection method

Tree Physiology

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 993-999

  Umebayashi, Toshihiro ^a   Utsumi, Yasuhiro ^a   Koga, Shinya ^a   Inoue, Susumu ^a   Shiiba, Yasuki ^a   Arakawa, Keita ^b   Matsumura, Junji ^a   Oda, Kazuyuki ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acid fuchsin; Basic fuchsin; Pieris japonica; Safranin; Xylem elements

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; DICOTYLEDON; DYE; FOREST RESOURCE; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; METHODOLOGY; SHRUB; VISUALIZATION; XYLEM;

EID: 34547799073     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/27.7.993     Document Type: Article

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