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Measurement of vulnerability to water stress-induced cavitation in grapevine: a comparison of four techniques applied to a long-vesseled species

Date

Authors

Choat, Brendan

Drayton , William M

Brodersen , Craig

Matthews, Mark

Shackel, Kenneth A

Wada, Hiroshi

McElrone, Andrew

Publisher

Blackwell Publishing Ltd

Abstract

Among woody plants, grapevines are often described as highly vulnerable to water-stress induced cavitation with emboli forming at slight tensions. However, we found native embolism never exceeded 30% despite low xylem water potentials (Ψx) for stems of f

Keywords

Keywords: water; cavitation; centrifuge; dehydration; hydraulic conductivity; measurement method; nuclear magnetic resonance; stem; vine; vulnerability; water stress; xylem; article; centrifugation; comparative study; dehydration; desiccation; grape; methodology; n Air injection; Centrifuge; Dehydration; Grapevine; Nuclear magnetic resonance imaging; Vitis; Vulnerability curves

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/19985

Collections

ANU Research Publications

Source

Plant Cell and Environment

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.1111/j.1365-3040.2010.02160.x

Restricted until

2037-12-31

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