Water deficits and hydraulic limits to leaf water supply

Many aspects of plant water use – particularly in response to soil drought – may have as their basis the alteration of hydraulic conductance from soil to...

JS Sperry，UG Hacke，R Oren，... - 《Plant Cell & Environment》

Protecting against water loss: analysis of the barrier properties of plant cuticles

The cuticle is the major barrier against uncontrolled water loss from leaves, fruits and other primary parts of higher plants. More than 100 mean values fo...

R Markus，S Lukas - 《Journal of Experimental Botany》

The 'hydrology' of leaves: co‐ordination of structure and function in temperate woody species

The hydraulic conductance of the leaf lamina ( K lamina ) substantially constrains whole-plant water transport, but little is known of its association wit...

L Sack，PD Cowan，Jaikumar NJ，... - 《Plant Cell & Environment》

Multifunctional surface structures of plants: An inspiration for biomimetics

Biological surfaces provide multifunctional interfaces to their environment. More than 400 million years of land plants evolution led to a large diversity ...

K Koch，B Bhushan，W Barthlott - 《Progress in Materials Science》

Resistances along the CO2 diffusion pathway inside leaves

CO(2) faces a series of resistances while diffusing between the substomatal cavities and the sites of carboxylation within chloroplasts. The absence of tec...

JR Evans，K Ralf，G Bernard，... - 《Journal of Experimental Botany》

Mesophyll diffusion conductance to CO2: an unappreciated central player in photosynthesis

Mesophyll diffusion conductance to CO2 is a key photosynthetic trait that has been studied intensively in the past years. The intention of the present revi...

 - 《Plant Science》

Functional and ecological xylem anatomy

Cohesion-tension transport of water is an energetically efficient way to carry large amounts of water from the roots up to the leaves. However, the cohesio...

UG Hacke，JS Sperry - 《Perspectives in Plant Ecology Evolution & Systematics》

Confronting Maxwell's demon: biophysics of xylem embolism repair

Embolism results in a dramatic loss of xylem hydraulic transport capacity that can lead to decreased plant productivity and even death. The ability to refi...

MA Zwieniecki，NM Holbrook - 《Trends in Plant Science》

Viewing leaf structure and evolution from a hydraulic perspective

More than 40 000 km(3) year(-1) of water flows through the intricate hydraulic pathways inside leaves. This water not only sustains terrestrial productivit...

TJ Brodribb，TS Feild，L Sack - 《Functional Plant Biology》

The mitochondrial permeability transition pore: a mystery solved?

The permeability transition denotes an increase of the mitochondrial inner membrane permeability to solutes with molecular masses up to about 1,500 Da. It ...

P Bernardi - 《Frontiers in Physiology》