Xylem vulnerability to cavitation can be accurately characterised in species with long vessels using a centrifuge method

Plant Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 496-504

  Tobin, M F ^a   Pratt, R B ^a   Jacobsen, A L ^a   De Guzman, M E ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cavitation resistance; Centrifuge; Dehydration; Embolism; Vessel length; Vulnerability curves; Xylem

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; CAVITATION; CENTRIFUGE; DEHYDRATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; PRESSURE FIELD; ROOT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; THEORETICAL STUDY; XYLEM;

ARTICLE; CENTRIFUGATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FAGACEAE; HISTOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; OLEACEAE; PHYSIOLOGY; ROSACEAE; VITIS; XYLEM;

CENTRIFUGATION; FAGACEAE; OLEACEAE; ROSACEAE; VITIS; XYLEM;

EID: 84876075748     PISSN: 14358603     EISSN: 14388677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1438-8677.2012.00678.x     Document Type: Article

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