Cutting-edge research or cutting-edge artefact? An overdue control experiment complicates the xylem refilling story

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1916-1918

  Sperry, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAS; SUPERSATURATION; TENSION; XYLEM;

ARTICLE; GAS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; XYLEM;

GASES; XYLEM;

EID: 84884989826     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: 13653040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pce.12148     Document Type: Article

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