Linking irradiance-induced changes in pit membrane ultrastructure with xylem vulnerability to cavitation

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 501-513

  Plavcová, Lenka ^a   Hacke, Uwe G ^a   Sperry, John S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Bordered pits; Electron microscopy; Homogenous pit membrane; Phenotypic plasticity; Plant water transport; Xylem anatomy

Indexed keywords

PECTIN; POLYGALACTURONIC ACID;

ANATOMY; DECIDUOUS TREE; DEHYDRATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ETHANOL; IMMUNOASSAY; IRRADIANCE; MEMBRANE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PLANT WATER RELATIONS; POROSITY; SAPLING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VULNERABILITY; XYLEM;

ARTICLE; ASPEN; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL WALL; CYTOLOGY; LIGHT; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; POROSITY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; XYLEM;

CELL MEMBRANE; CELL WALL; LIGHT; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; PECTINS; PLANT LEAVES; POPULUS; POROSITY; XYLEM;

POPULUS;

EID: 79551665373     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: 13653040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3040.2010.02258.x     Document Type: Article

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