Water Transport in Plants Under Climatic Stress

Herausgeber: Borghetti, M.; Raschi, A.; Grace, J.

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book brings together contributions from a range of experts who have worked on the cavitation of water in the transport system.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Januar 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 522g
• ISBN-13: 9780521112000
• ISBN-10: 0521112001
• Artikelnr.: 26034201

Inhaltsangabe

Preface; 1. Global change and plant water relations P. G. Jarvis; 2.
Cavitation. A review: past, present and future J. A. Milburn; 3. Effect of
cavitation on the status of water in plants J. J. Oertli; 4. Stomatal
control of xylem cavitation H. G. Jones and R. A. Sutherland; 5. Refilling
of embolized xylem J. Grace; 6. Interpretation of the dynamics of plant
water potential M. A. Dixon and R. W. Johnson; 7. A proposed mechanism of
freezing and thawing in conifer xylem D. J. Robson and J. A. Petty; 8.
Winter xylem embolism and spring recovery in Betula cordifolia, Fagus
grandifolia, Abies balsamea and Picea rubens J. Sperry; 9. Drought
resistance strategies and vulnerability to cavitation of some Mediterranean
sclerophyllous trees S. Salleo and M. A. Lo Gullo; 10. Relations between
sap velocity and cavitation in broad-leaved trees M. Borghetti, P. De
Angelis, A. Raschi, G. E. Scarascia Mugnozza, R. Tognetti and R. Valentini;
11. NMR and water transport in plants S. Ratkovic and G. Bacic; 12. The
symplast radial-axial water transport in plants: an NMR approach A. V.
Anisimov; 13. Reproductive adaptation by polyembryony of coniferous forest
trees under climatic stress is revealed by the metabolism of tritiated
water D. J. Durzan; 14. A heat balance method for measuring sap flow in
small trees C. Valancogne and Z. Nasr; 15. Heat pulse measurements on beech
in relation to weather conditions J. Heimann and W. Stickan; 16. Extremely
fast changes of xylem water flow rate in tall trees caused by atmospheric,
soil and mechanic factors J. Cermak and J. Kucera; 17. Water relations and
water transport in coppice vs. single stem Querus cerris L. trees M.
Sabatti, G. E. Scarascia Mugnozza, R. Valentini and A. Del Lungo; 18.
Environmental control of water flux through Maritime pine D. Loustau and A.
Granier; 19. Evaluation of transpiration of apple trees and measurement of
daily course of water flow within the main branches of walnut trees C.
Valancogne, T. Ameglio, L. Angelocci and P. Cruiziat; 20. Estimating citrus
orchard canopy resistance from measurements of actual and potential
transpiration Y. Cohen, M. Fuchs and S. Moreshet; 21. Stomatal conductance
in tomato responds to air humidity I. Ferreira; 22. Water relations of
Canarian laurel forest trees R. Losch; 23. Watering regime and
photosynthetic performance of Gunnera tinctoria Mirbel G. J. Campbell and
B. A. Osborne; 24. Water relations and ultrasound emissions in Douglas
fir-seedings infected with xylem pathogens M. Pisante, N. Moretti and S.
Frisullo; 25. Diurnal fruit shrinkage: a model A. Berger and G. Selles; 26.
Analysis of pressure-volume curves by non-linear regressions M. N.
Anderson, C. R. Jensen and R. Losch; 27. Determination of the amount of
apoplastic water and other water relations parameters in conifer needles K.
Gross and W. Koch; 28. The assessment of water status in chilled plants A.
Pardossi, P. Vernieri and F. Tognoni; 29. An artificial osmotic cell: a
model system for studying phenomena of negative pressure and for
determining concentrations of solutes H. Heydt and E. Steudle; 30.
Measurement of water and solute uptake into excised roots at positive and
negative roots pressures H. Heydt and E. Steudle; Index.