Water Transport in Plants under Climatic Stress

doi:10.1017/CBO9780511753305

The prospect of future climate change has stimulated research into the physiological responses of plants to stress. Water is a key factor controlling the distribution and abundance of plants in nature and the efficient uptake and subsequent transport of water within the plant is critical in hot, dry regions. This book, based on a meeting which focused on the failure of the hydraulic pathway within the xylem, brings together contributions from a range of experts who have worked on the cavitation of water in the transport system. The phenomenon of cavitation, discovered only in the 1960s, is now becoming recognised as being widespread and, whilst its ecological significance is a matter for further research, many scientists consider than embolism in the xylem predisposes plants to further water stress. Cavitation and refilling may, therefore, hold the key to vegetational response to climatic warming and drying. This book will provide a valuable compendium of information for those working in the plant and environmental sciences as well as for those whose interests lie in the more applied disciplines of agriculture and forestry.

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27 - Determination of the amount of apoplastic water and other water relations parameters in conifer needles
pp 274-281
- By K. Gross, Institute of Silviculture, Univ. of Freiburg, Bertoldstr. 17, D-7800 Freiburg, W. Koch, Institute of Forest Botany, Univ. of München, Amalienstr. 52, D-8000 München 40, Germany.
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28 - The assessment of water status in chilled plants
pp 282-289
- By A. Pardossi, Dipartimento di Biologia delle Piante Agrarie Sezione di Orticoltura e Floricoltura, Universitd degli Studi di Pisa Viale delle Piagge, 23, 56100 Pisa, Italy, P. Vernieri, Dipartimento di Biologia delle Piante Agrarie Sezione di Orticoltura e Floricoltura, Universitd degli Studi di Pisa Viale delle Piagge, 23, 56100 Pisa, Italy, F. Tognoni, Dipartimento di Biologia delle Piante Agrarie Sezione di Orticoltura e Floricoltura, Universitd degli Studi di Pisa Viale delle Piagge, 23, 56100 Pisa, Italy
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29 - An artificial osmotic cell: a model system for studying phenomena of negative pressure and for determining concentrations of solutes
pp 290-292
- By H. Heydt, Universität Bayreuth, Universitätsstraβe 30, D-8580 Bayreuth, Germany., E. Steudle, Universität Bayreuth, Universitätsstraβe 30, D-8580 Bayreuth, Germany.
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30 - Measurement of water and solute uptake into excised roots at positive and negative root pressures
pp 293-294
- By H. Heydt, Universität Bayreuth, Universitätsstraβe 30, D-8580 Bayreuth, Germany., E. Steudle, Universität Bayreuth, Universitätsstraβe 30, D-8580 Bayreuth, Germany.
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Index
pp 295-300
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27 - Determination of the amount of apoplastic water and other water relations parameters in conifer needles
pp 274-281

28 - The assessment of water status in chilled plants
pp 282-289

29 - An artificial osmotic cell: a model system for studying phenomena of negative pressure and for determining concentrations of solutes
pp 290-292

30 - Measurement of water and solute uptake into excised roots at positive and negative root pressures
pp 293-294

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pp 295-300

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27 - Determination of the amount of apoplastic water and other water relations parameters in conifer needles pp 274-281

28 - The assessment of water status in chilled plants pp 282-289

29 - An artificial osmotic cell: a model system for studying phenomena of negative pressure and for determining concentrations of solutes pp 290-292

30 - Measurement of water and solute uptake into excised roots at positive and negative root pressures pp 293-294

Index pp 295-300

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27 - Determination of the amount of apoplastic water and other water relations parameters in conifer needles
pp 274-281

28 - The assessment of water status in chilled plants
pp 282-289

29 - An artificial osmotic cell: a model system for studying phenomena of negative pressure and for determining concentrations of solutes
pp 290-292

30 - Measurement of water and solute uptake into excised roots at positive and negative root pressures
pp 293-294

Index
pp 295-300