Root hydraulic conductivity measured by pressure clamp is substantially affected by internal unstirred layers

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 59, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 2071-2084

  Knipfer, Thorsten ^a,b   Steudle, Ernst ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Convection diffusion model; High pressure flowmeter (HPFM); Pressure clamp; Pressure propagation; Pressure relaxations; Root pressure probe; Simulations; Storage capacity; Unstirred layers (USLs); Zea mays L.

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYTOLOGY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; MAIZE; METABOLISM; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT ROOT; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT TRANSPIRATION; WATER; ZEA MAYS;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 44949136345     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/ern064     Document Type: Article

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