Surface tension phenomena in the xylem sap of three diffuse porous temperate tree species

Tree Physiology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 361-368

  Christensen Dalsgaard, Karen K ^a   Tyree, Melvin T ^a,b   Mussone, Paolo G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Northern Research Station   (United States)

Author keywords

pendant drop; surface tension; surfactants; temperate trees; xylem sap

Indexed keywords

SURFACTANT; WATER;

DECIDUOUS TREE; NUCLEATION; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; SAP FLOW; SURFACE TENSION; SURFACTANT; XYLEM;

ARTICLE; ASPEN; BIRCH; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT STEM; POROSITY; SORBUS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURFACE TENSION; TIME; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL; TREE; XYLEM;

BETULA; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; LINEAR MODELS; PLANT STEMS; PLANT TRANSPIRATION; POPULUS; POROSITY; SORBUS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SURFACE TENSION; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS; TIME FACTORS; TREES; WATER; XYLEM;

BETULA PAPYRIFERA; POPULUS TREMULOIDES; SORBUS; SORBUS AUCUPARIA;

EID: 79956099986     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: 17584469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpr018     Document Type: Article

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