Arabidopsis thaliana as a model species for xylem hydraulics: does size matter?
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Arabidopsis thaliana as a model species for xylem hydraulics: does size matter?
While Arabidopsis thaliana has been proposed as a model species for wood development, the potential of this tiny herb for studying xylem hydraulics remains unexplored and anticipated by scepticism. Inflorescence stems of A. thaliana were used to measure hydraulic conductivity and cavitation resistance, whereas light and electron microscopy allowed observations of vessels. In wild-type plants, m...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Experimental Botany
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1460-2431,0022-0957
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/ert087