Root pressure and beyond: Energetically uphill water transport into xylem vessels?

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 381-393

  Wegner, Lars H ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aquaporin; CCC transporters; cohesion tension (CT) theory; embolism repair; reflection coefficient; root pressure; water ascent; water co transport hypothesis; xylem refilling

Indexed keywords

AQUAPORIN; WATER;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CCC TRANSPORTERS; COHESION-TENSION (CT) THEORY; EMBOLISM REPAIR; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT ROOT; PRESSURE; REFLECTION COEFFICIENT; ROOT PRESSURE; THERMODYNAMICS; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL; WATER ASCENT; WATER CO-TRANSPORT HYPOTHESIS; XYLEM; XYLEM REFILLING.;

AQUAPORIN; CCC TRANSPORTERS; COHESION-TENSION (CT) THEORY; EMBOLISM REPAIR; REFLECTION COEFFICIENT; ROOT PRESSURE; WATER ASCENT; WATER CO-TRANSPORT HYPOTHESIS; XYLEM REFILLING.;

AQUAPORINS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT ROOTS; PRESSURE; THERMODYNAMICS; WATER; XYLEM;

EID: 84893313386     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/ert391     Document Type: Article

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