Outside-Xylem Vulnerability, Not Xylem Embolism, Controls Leaf Hydraulic Decline during Dehydration

Scoffoni, C; Albuquerque, C; Brodersen, CR; Townes, SV; John, GP; Bartlett, MK; Buckley, TN; McElrone, AJ; Sack, L

Scoffoni, C (reprint author), Univ Calif Los Angeles, Dept Ecol & Evolutionary Biol, Los Angeles, CA 90095 USA.; Scoffoni, C (reprint author), Utah State Univ, Dept Biol, Logan, UT 84322 USA.

PLANT PHYSIOLOGY, 2017; 173 (2): 1197

Abstract

Leaf hydraulic supply is crucial to maintaining open stomata for CO2 capture and plant growth. During drought-induced dehydration, the leaf hydraulic ......

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