Real-time measurement of phloem turgor pressure in Hevea brasiliensis with a modified cell pressure probe

Botanical Studies

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  An, Feng ^a,b   Cahill, David ^b   Rookes, James ^b   Lin, Weifu ^a   Kong, Lingxue ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL BIOSCIENCE AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cell pressure probe; Hevea brasiliensis; Phloem turgor pressure; Phloem water relationship; Pressure flow theory; Sap flow; Tapping

Indexed keywords

EID: 84898437734     PISSN: 1817406X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1999-3110-55-19     Document Type: Article

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