Vulnerability to cavitation differs between current-year and older xylem: Non-destructive observation with a compact magnetic resonance imaging system of two deciduous diffuse-porous species

Plant Cell and Environment

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 2508-2518

  Fukuda, Kenji ^a   Kawaguchi, Daichi ^a,d   Aihara, Tomo ^b   Ogasa, Mayumi Y ^a   Miki, Naoko H ^b   Haishi, Tomoyuki ^c   Umebayashi, Toshihiro ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c MRTechnology Inc   (Japan)

^d The Norinchukin Bank   (Japan)

^e KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Annual ring; Drought; Embolism; MRI; Water relations; Xylem transport

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; CAVITATION; CELLS AND CELL COMPONENTS; DECIDUOUS TREE; DROUGHT; HYDRAULIC PROPERTY; IMAGING METHOD; PLANT WATER RELATIONS; TRANSLOCATION; TREE RING; VULNERABILITY; XYLEM;

BETULA PLATYPHYLLA VAR. JAPONICA; CERCIDIPHYLLUM JAPONICUM;

WATER;

ANGIOSPERM; BIRCH; DEHYDRATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT STEM; POROSITY; PROCEDURES; ULTRASTRUCTURE; XYLEM;

ANGIOSPERMS; BETULA; DEHYDRATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLANT STEMS; POROSITY; WATER; XYLEM;

EID: 84952637788     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: 13653040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pce.12510     Document Type: Article

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