Phloem as capacitor: Radial transfer of water into xylem of tree stems occurs via symplastic transport in ray parenchyma

Plant Physiology

Volumn 167, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 963-971

  Pfautsch, Sebastian ^a   Renard, Justine ^b   Tjoelker, Mark G ^a   Salih, Anya ^c  

^a WESTERN SYDNEY UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EUCALYPTUS SALIGNA;

FLUORESCENT DYE; WATER;

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; EUCALYPTUS; METABOLISM; PHLOEM; PLANT STEM; TIME FACTOR; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL; TREE; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WOOD; XYLEM;

BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; EUCALYPTUS; FLUORESCENT DYES; PHLOEM; PLANT STEMS; TIME FACTORS; TREES; WATER; WOOD; XYLEM;

EID: 84923674110     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: 15322548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.114.254581     Document Type: Article

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