Improving xylem hydraulic conductivity measurements by correcting the error caused by passive water uptake

Physiologia Plantarum

Volumn 146, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 129-135

  Torres Ruiz, José M ^a   Sperry, John S ^b   Fernández, José E ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ACTIVE TRANSPORT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; METABOLISM; OLIVE TREE; PLANT ROOT; XYLEM;

BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT, ACTIVE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OLEA; PLANT ROOTS; WATER; XYLEM;

OLEA EUROPAEA;

EID: 84866181477     PISSN: 00319317     EISSN: 13993054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3054.2012.01619.x     Document Type: Article

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