Relax and refill: Xylem rehydration prior to hydraulic measurements favours embolism repair in stems and generates artificially low PLC values

Plant Cell and Environment

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 2491-2499

  Trifilò, Patrizia ^a   Raimondo, Fabio ^a   Lo Gullo, Maria A ^a   Barbera, Piera M ^b   Salleo, Sebastiano ^c   Nardini, Andrea ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDITERRANEA OF REGGIO CALABRIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cavitation; Pressure collar; Refilling

Indexed keywords

ARTIFACT; CAVITATION; FIELD METHOD; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; LABORATORY METHOD; REHYDRATION; SAMPLING; STEM; TRANSPIRATION; WATER UPTAKE; XYLEM;

WATER;

LAURUS; OLIVE TREE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT STEM; XYLEM;

LAURUS; OLEA; PLANT STEMS; WATER; XYLEM;

EID: 84931829851     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: 13653040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pce.12313     Document Type: Article

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