Vessel wall vibrations: Trigger for embolism repair?

Functional Plant Biology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 289-297

  Salleo, Sebastiano ^a   Trifilò, Patrizia ^b   Lo Gullo, Maria Assunta ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Embolism repair; Laurus nobilis; Starch depolymerisation; Stem sonication; Wood parenchyma cells; Xylem cavitation

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVES; ACOUSTICS; CAVITATION; CELL MEMBRANES; FLUID MECHANICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; LATTICE VIBRATIONS; MAINTENANCE; PHOTOACOUSTIC EFFECT; QUALITY ASSURANCE; RELIABILITY; REPAIR; STARCH; SUGAR (SUCROSE); SUGARS; ULTRASONIC TRANSMISSION; ULTRASONICS; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL); VIBRATORS; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

(E ,3E) PROCESS; IN VESSEL; MEMBRANE INTEGRITY; PHYSICAL NATURE; SOURCE LOCATIONS; STARCH CONTENTS; STARCH GRANULES; STRESSED PLANTS; SUGAR CONVERSION; VESSEL WALLS; WALL VIBRATIONS;

CELLS;

HYPOTHESIS TESTING; STARCH; STEM; VIBRATION; WOOD; XYLEM;

LAURUS; LAURUS NOBILIS;

EID: 44649143100     PISSN: 14454408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/FP07239     Document Type: Article

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