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suming a mean transpiration rate (E) of 2 mmol·s-1-m-2 (?, unpublished data), we can predict that the lower leaf-area- specific xylem resistance for the RRIT 251 ...
biology and ecology of the Canary Island flora and fauna. ...... production and life-history variation in vascular plants. .... dynamics in the Canary Island pine.
Dec 16, 1991 - the introduction of the cohesion theory of ascent of sap in plants (6) it has been recognized ... samples at different I2, a 'vulnerability curve' (VC) can be established. ... s- until reaching a pressure ranging from 0.75 to 2.75 MPa.
We compared the xylem hydraulic properties of potted cuttings of two poplar clones .... in 51 pots filled with a 1:1 (v/v) mixture of sand xylem embolism (PLC) was ...
Mar 20, 2017 - negligible ion response in leaves would weaken xylem sap ... Introduction ... xylem sap can enhance stem hydraulic conductance in some ...
Embolisms form when xylem pressure is low enough to aspirate air into the functional vessels .... MPa Ï. Wood density g cm. â3. Tree Physiology Volume 00, 2017. 2 Torres-Ruiz et al. ...... In: Chaffey N (ed). Wood formation in trees: cell and mole
Jun 12, 2014 - circulation can evolve in a fatal condition for living trees. These findings provide new insight for the non-destructive monitoring of embolism ...
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water potentials lower than â 4.5 MPa were required. We report experiments .... where within a plant under a condition of zero water. 1987b) or at the base of ...
Oct 16, 2018 - sperm species and present a protocol that mitigates experimen- tal artefacts ..... forming the simple test recently proposed by Torres-Ruiz et al.
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Dec 22, 2014 - Introduction ... cope with current climate change through micro-evolutionary processes (Aitken et al. ... thus, the control of water use depends on regulation of the tran- spiration ..... The term Xww is the population mean of a specif
Nov 28, 2006 - have been reinforced by a deposit of lignin, a hydrophobic polymer, ... A schematic representation of the structure of water pathways in trees.
Nov 2, 2016 - To ensure that their use creates a virtuous circle for science they need ... be insufficiently âprofitableâ in terms of the Impact Factor of the journal.
Nov 25, 2014 - For Permissions, please email: [email protected] ... Plant species living in the understory increase carbon (C) allocation toward leaf ... light harvesting of this species to maximize light capture in the forest ...
Dec 4, 2013 - These studies showed that thickness declines with water status in two phases. Before the bulk leaf turgor loss point (TLP; leaf water potential ...
Water moves from the roots to the leaves in tiny pipes made of dead cells that ... This was the tricky point, but Dixon & Joly figured out this âtension-cohesionâ.
Feb 6, 2008 - 1 Issue 1. This manuscript has been published online, prior to printing.O nce the issue is complete and page numbers have been assigned, the ...
Jul 24, 2013 - interpreted in terms of differences in liquid path whole-plant conductances. .... scaled to leaf surface area to yield Kroot /A mmol s ... All the curves were sigmoïdal making the data suitable for analysis ..... O extraction profiles
Dec 5, 2013 - Abstract Dwarf bamboos are an important under- story component of the lowland and montane forests in the subtropical regions of Asia and ...
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