Hydraulic conductance and K+ transport into the xylem depend on radial volume flow, rather than on xylem pressure, in roots of intact, transpiring maize seedlings

New Phytologist

Volumn 181, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 361-373

  Wegner, Lars H ^a,b   Zimmermann, Ulrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Flux coupling; Hydraulic conductance; K+ flux into the root xylem; Water uptake; Xylem pressure probe

Indexed keywords

CATION; GRAVIMETRY; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MAIZE; POTASSIUM; RADIAL FLOW; ROOT SYSTEM; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; TRANSPIRATION; WATER UPTAKE; XYLEM;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 57649195173     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2008.02662.x     Document Type: Article

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