Mind the bubbles: Achieving stable measurements of maximum hydraulic conductivity through woody plant samples

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1119-1132

  Espino, Susana ^a   Schenk, H Jochen ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bubble coalescence; Encelia farinosa; hydraulic conductivity; Laurus nobilis; pectin hydrogel hypothesis; plant hydraulics; woody stems; xylem vulnerability curves

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ARTICLE; ASTERACEAE; CHEMISTRY; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; KINETICS; LAURUS; METABOLISM; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL; WOOD;

ASTERACEAE; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; KINETICS; LAURUS; WATER; WOOD;

ASTERACEAE; ENCELIA FARINOSA; LAURACEAE; LAURUS; LAURUS NOBILIS; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 79251495414     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erq338     Document Type: Article

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