Toward an improved model of maple sap exudation: The location and role of osmotic barriers in sugar maple, butternut and white birch

Tree Physiology

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1145-1155

  Cirelli, Damián ^a   Jagels, Richard ^a   Tyree, Melvin T ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bubbles; Pressure; Sap flow; Sucrose; Sugar maple

Indexed keywords

CYTOLOGY; DECIDUOUS TREE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; EXUDATION; MODELING; OSMOSIS; SAP FLOW; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SUCROSE; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ACER; ACER SACCHARUM; BETULA PAPYRIFERA; BETULA PENDULA; JUGLANS; JUGLANS CINEREA;

EID: 51149114192     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/28.8.1145     Document Type: Article

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