Giant flowers of Southern magnolia are hydrated by the xylem

Plant Physiology

Volumn 150, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1587-1597

  Feild, Taylor S ^a   Chatelet, David S ^a   Brodribb, Tim J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNOLIA GRANDIFLORA; MAGNOLIACEAE;

EID: 67650120501     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: 15322548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.109.136127     Document Type: Article

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