Functional repair of embolized vessels in maize roots after temporal drought stress, as demonstrated by magnetic resonance imaging

New Phytologist

Volumn 184, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 245-256

  Kaufmann, Ilja ^a   Schulze Till, Thomas ^a   Schneider, Heike U ^a   Zimmermann, Ulrich ^a   Jakob, Peter ^a   Wegner, Lars H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cavitation; Collapse of xylem vessels; Drought stress; Flow imaging; Magnetic resonance (MR) imaging (microscopy); Xylem refilling; Zea mays (maize)

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT STRESS; IMAGING METHOD; MAIZE; SAP FLOW; XYLEM;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 69949095804     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2009.02919.x     Document Type: Article

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