Hydraulic efficiency and safety of vascular and non-vascular components in Pinus pinaster leaves

Tree Physiology

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1161-1170

  Charra Vaskou, Katline ^a   Badel, Eric ^b,c   Burlett, Régis ^d,e   Cochard, Hervé ^b,c   Delzon, Sylvain ^d,e   Mayr, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b PIAF   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^d UMR 1202 BIOGECO   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

3D visualization; Cavitation; collapse; conductivity; conifer; extra vascular pathway; microtomography; needle; vulnerability; xylem

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ATMOSPHERE-BIOSPHERE INTERACTION; CAVITATION; CONIFEROUS TREE; DEHYDRATION; HISTOLOGY; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT WATER RELATIONS; REHYDRATION; SOIL-VEGETATION INTERACTION; TOMOGRAPHY; VISUALIZATION; VULNERABILITY; XYLEM;

ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; DROUGHT; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PHYSIOLOGY; PINE; PLANT LEAF; PLANT STEM; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VASCULAR BUNDLE (PLANT); XYLEM;

CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; DROUGHTS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PINUS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT STEMS; PLANT TRANSPIRATION; PLANT VASCULAR BUNDLE; WATER; X-RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY; XYLEM;

CONIFEROPHYTA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; PINUS PINASTER;

EID: 84866428364     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: 17584469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tps071     Document Type: Article

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