Cutting xylem under tension or supersaturated with gas can generate PLC and the appearance of rapid recovery from embolism

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1938-1949

  Wheeler, James K ^a   Huggett, Brett A ^a   Tofte, Alena N ^a   Rockwell, Fulton E ^b   Holbrook, N Michele ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Cornell University   (United States)

Author keywords

Air injection; Bench drying; Diurnal recovery; Refilling; Xylem cavitation

Indexed keywords

CAVITATION; SAMPLING; SUGAR; SUPERSATURATION; VULNERABILITY; XYLEM;

ACER RUBRUM; ACER SACCHARUM; BETULA PAPYRIFERA; FRAXINUS AMERICANA;

WATER;

ACER; AIR; AIR INJECTION; ARTICLE; BENCH DRYING; BIRCH; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DIURNAL RECOVERY; GAS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE; REFILLING; TREE; XYLEM; XYLEM CAVITATION;

AIR INJECTION; BENCH DRYING; DIURNAL RECOVERY; REFILLING; XYLEM CAVITATION;

ACER; AIR; BETULA; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; GASES; PRESSURE; TREES; WATER; XYLEM;

EID: 84884986991     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: 13653040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pce.12139     Document Type: Article

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