Hydraulic connections of leaves and fruit to the parent plant in Capsicum frutescens (hot pepper) during fruit ripening

Annals of Botany

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 333-341

  Trifil, Patrizia ^a   Raimondo, Fabio ^a   Lo Gullo, Maria Assunta ^a   Nardini, Andrea ^b   Salleo, Sebastiano ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Capsicum frutescens; fruit hydraulic isolation; fruit peduncle; hydraulic resistance; hydraulic resistivity; leaf petiole

Indexed keywords

WATER;

CAVITATION; DICOTYLEDON; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FRUIT; LEAF; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; RIPENING; XYLEM;

ARTICLE; FRUIT; METABOLISM; PEPPER; PLANT LEAF;

CAPSICUM; FRUIT; PLANT LEAVES; WATER;

CAPSICUM FRUTESCENS;

EID: 77955078499     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcq113     Document Type: Article

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