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

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2010

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Choat, Brendan
Drayton , William M
Brodersen , Craig
Matthews, Mark
Shackel, Kenneth A
Wada, Hiroshi
McElrone, Andrew

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Blackwell Publishing Ltd

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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

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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

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Plant Cell and Environment

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