Synchrotron X-ray imaging for nondestructive monitoring of sap flow dynamics through xylem vessel elements in rice leaves

New Phytologist

Volumn 188, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1085-1098

  Kim, Hae Koo ^a   Lee, Sang Joon ^a  

^a Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

End walls; Hydraulic resistance; Perforation plate; Rice (Oryza sativa); Sap flow velocity; Water transport; X ray imaging; Xylem vessel elements

Indexed keywords

ION; WATER;

HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; PERFORATION; REAL TIME; RICE; SAP FLOW; VASCULAR PLANT; WATER UPTAKE; X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY; XYLEM;

ARTICLE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FLOW KINETICS; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT EXUDATE; PLANT LEAF; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RICE; SYNCHROTRON; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; X RAY; XYLEM;

IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; IONS; ORYZA SATIVA; PLANT EXUDATES; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT TRANSPIRATION; RHEOLOGY; SYNCHROTRONS; WATER; X-RAYS; XYLEM;

ORYZA SATIVA; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 78149384240     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2010.03424.x     Document Type: Article

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