Hydraulic responses of whole vines and individual roots of kiwifruit (Actinidia chinensis) following root severance

Tree Physiology

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 508-518

  Black, Marykate Z ^a   Patterson, Kevin J ^a   Minchin, Peter E H ^a   Gould, Kevin S ^b   Clearwater, Michael J ^c  

^a THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Actinidia; hydraulic conductance; kiwifruit; root pruning; sap flow; transpiration; xylem pressure potential

Indexed keywords

WATER;

HEAT TRANSFER; HYDRATION; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRESSURE GRADIENT; PRUNING; ROOT SYSTEM; SAP FLOW; SHOOT; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; TRANSPIRATION; VINE; XYLEM;

ARTICLE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FRUIT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; KIWIFRUIT; METABOLISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PLANT STEM; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL; XYLEM;

ACTINIDIA; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; FRUIT; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT STEMS; PLANT TRANSPIRATION; WATER; XYLEM;

ACTINIDIA; ACTINIDIA CHINENSIS; ACTINIDIA DELICIOSA;

EID: 79958191868     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: 17584469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpr045     Document Type: Article

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