Vulnerability curves by centrifugation: is there an open vessel artefact, and are 'r' shaped curves necessarily invalid?

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 601-610

  Sperry, John S ^a   Christman, Mairgareth A ^b   Torres Ruiz, Jose M ^c   Taneda, Haruhiko ^d   Smith, Duncan D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b Institute for Ecohydrology Research   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO DE RECURSOS NATURALES Y AGROBIOLOGÍA DE SEVILLA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cavitron; Plant hydraulics; Plant water transport; Xylem cavitation and embolism; Xylem transport

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ARTIFACT; CENTRIFUGE; DECIDUOUS TREE; DEHYDRATION; DICOTYLEDON; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; STEM; TRANSLOCATION; VULNERABILITY; XYLEM;

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CENTRIFUGATION; OAK; OLIVE TREE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT STEM; PRESSURE; ROSACEAE; XYLEM;

ARTIFACTS; CENTRIFUGATION; OLEA; PLANT STEMS; PRESSURE; QUERCUS; ROSACEAE; WATER; XYLEM;

CERCOCARPUS INTRICATUS; OLEA EUROPAEA; QUERCUS GAMBELII;

EID: 84855784440     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: 13653040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3040.2011.02439.x     Document Type: Article

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