Xylem resistance to embolism presenting a simple diagnostic test for the open vessel artefact

• Published in: The New phytologist Vol. 215; no. 1; pp. 489 - 499
• Main Authors: Torres‐Ruiz, José M., Cochard, Hervé, Choat, Brendan, Jansen, Steven, López, Rosana, Tomášková, Ivana, Padilla‐Díaz, Carmen M., Badel, Eric, Burlett, Regis, King, Andrew, Lenoir, Nicolas, Martin‐StPaul, Nicolas K., Delzon, Sylvain
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England New Phytologist Trust 01.07.2017; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc; Wiley
• Subjects: artefact; Botanics; Centrifugation; centrifuge technique; Centrifuges; Centrifuging; Conductance; Construction; Construction standards; Diagnostic systems; Diagnostic tests; Ecology; Embolism; Embolisms; Environmental Engineering; Environmental Sciences; Evaluation; Exposure; Fluid dynamics; Fluid flow; fluid mechanics; hydraulic conductivity; Hydraulics; Life Sciences; Measurement; Methods; micro-computed tomography; micro‐CT; Olea - physiology; olive; olives; Plant Diseases; Pressure; Resistance; Species; System reliability; Vegetal Biology; Vessels; Vulnerability; Water - metabolism; X ray microtomography; Xylem; Xylem - metabolism; Xylem - physiology; xylem; centrifuge technique; embolism; olive; micro-CT; artefact; activité hydraulique; courbe de vulnérabilité; centrifuging; centrifugation; artifact; xylème; biologie de la plante; microtomographie; embolie des vaisseaux

Xylem vulnerability to embolism represents an essential trait for the evaluation of the impact of hydraulics in plant function and ecology. The standard centrifuge technique is widely used for the construction of vulnerability curves, although its accuracy when applied to species with long vessels r...