Abstract

Plants require long-distance water transport to avoid desiccation. Here, via μCT and MRI of grapevine stem, Bouda et al. show evidence of pressure gradient heterogeneity and flow redirection from wide to narrow vessels that suggests narrow vessels contribute more to xylem sap flow than previously appreciated.

Details

Title
In vivo pressure gradient heterogeneity increases flow contribution of small diameter vessels in grapevine
Author
Bouda, Martin 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Windt, Carel W 2   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; McElrone, Andrew J 3   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Brodersen, Craig R 4   VIAFID ORCID Logo 

1  School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA; Institute of Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Průhonice, Czech Republic 
2  IBG-2: Plant Sciences, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich, Germany 
3  Department of Viticulture & Enology, University of California, Davis, CA, USA; USDA-ARS, Crops Pathology and Genetics Research Unit, Davis, CA, USA 
4  School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA 
Pages
1-10
Publication year
2019
Publication date
Dec 2019
Publisher
Nature Publishing Group
e-ISSN
20411723
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-13673-6
ProQuest document ID
2323436607
Copyright
© 2019. This work is published under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.