Freeze/thaw-induced embolism: Probability of critical bubble formation depends on speed of ice formation

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 3, Issue JUN, 2012, Pages

  Sevanto, Sanna ^a,c   Michele Holbrook, N ^a   Ball, Marilyn C ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Air seeding; Cavitation; Gas segregation; Nucleation; Xylem

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876074957     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2012.00107     Document Type: Article

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