Cavitation and its discontents: Opportunities for resolving current controversies

Plant Physiology

Volumn 164, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1649-1660

  Rockwell, Fulton E ^a   Wheeler, James K ^b   Holbrook, N Michele ^b  

^a Cornell University   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; MEMBRANE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; XYLEM;

AIR; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; MEMBRANES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; XYLEM;

EID: 84898721961     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: 15322548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.113.233817     Document Type: Article

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