Xylem

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  Subject Areas on Research

  • A broad survey of hydraulic and mechanical safety in the xylem of conifers. 
  • A dynamic yet vulnerable pipeline: Integration and coordination of hydraulic traits across whole plants. 
  • A network model links wood anatomy to xylem tissue hydraulic behaviour and vulnerability to cavitation. 
  • A synthesis of the effects of atmospheric carbon dioxide enrichment on plant hydraulics: implications for whole-plant water use efficiency and resistance to drought. 
  • Anatomical changes with needle length are correlated with leaf structural and physiological traits across five Pinus species. 
  • Aridity drove the evolution of extreme embolism resistance and the radiation of conifer genus Callitris. 
  • Biophysical modelling of intra-ring variations in tracheid features and wood density of Pinus pinaster trees exposed to seasonal droughts. 
  • Catastrophic hydraulic failure and tipping points in plants. 
  • Cell signalling by microRNA165/6 directs gene dose-dependent root cell fate. 
  • Contrasting hydraulic architecture and function in deep and shallow roots of tree species from a semi-arid habitat. 
  • Contrasting hydraulic strategies in two tropical lianas and their host trees. 
  • Coordination of leaf and stem water transport properties in tropical forest trees. 
  • Detecting forest response to droughts with global observations of vegetation water content. 
  • Diurnal and seasonal variation in root xylem embolism in neotropical savanna woody species: impact on stomatal control of plant water status. 
  • Ecophysiological impacts of Esca, a devastating grapevine trunk disease, on Vitis vinifera L. 
  • Evidence for Hydraulic Vulnerability Segmentation and Lack of Xylem Refilling under Tension. 
  • Evidence for distinct isotopic compositions of sap and tissue water in tree stems: consequences for plant water source identification. 
  • Functional coordination between leaf gas exchange and vulnerability to xylem cavitation in temperate forest trees. 
  • Hemlock woolly adelgid (Adelges tsugae) infestation affects water and carbon relations of eastern hemlock (Tsuga canadensis) and Carolina hemlock (Tsuga caroliniana). 
  • Hydraulic limits on maximum plant transpiration and the emergence of the safety-efficiency trade-off. 
  • Increased hydraulic constraints in Eucalyptus plantations fertilized with potassium. 
  • Let's not forget the critical role of surface tension in xylem water relations. 
  • Limited vertical CO2 transport in stems of mature boreal Pinus sylvestris trees. 
  • Maximum height in a conifer is associated with conflicting requirements for xylem design. 
  • Persistent decay of fresh xylem hydraulic conductivity varies with pressure gradient and marks plant responses to injury. 
  • Soil acidity reconstruction based on tree ring information of a dominant species Abies fabri in the subalpine forest ecosystems in southwest China. 
  • Spatiotemporal variation of crown-scale stomatal conductance in an arid Vitis vinifera L. cv. Merlot vineyard: direct effects of hydraulic properties and indirect effects of canopy leaf area. 
  • The effect of plant water storage on water fluxes within the coupled soil-plant system. 
  • The roles of conduit redundancy and connectivity in xylem hydraulic functions. 
  • The xylem of anisohydric Quercus alba L. is more vulnerable to embolism than isohydric codominants. 
  • Transpiration-induced axial and radial tension gradients in trunks of Douglas-fir trees. 
  • Weak tradeoff between xylem safety and xylem-specific hydraulic efficiency across the world's woody plant species. 
  • Xylem functioning, dysfunction and repair: a physical perspective and implications for phloem transport. 
  • Xylem-phloem hydraulic coupling explains multiple osmoregulatory responses to salt stress.