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Water Relations and Hydraulic Architecture
- Introduction
- Water Relations of Plant Cells
- Water Relations of Whole Plants
- Water Absorption By Plant Roots
- Hydraulic Architecture and Pathway of Water Movement in Plants
- Parameters and Concepts to Describe Hydraulic Architecture
- Patterns of Hydraulic Architecture of Shoots
- Root, Shoot, and Leaf Hydraulic Conductances
- Cohesion-Tension Theory and Xylem Dysfunction
- Water Transport under Negative Pressure
- Cavitation, Embolism, and Stability of Bubbles
- Vulnerability Curves and the Air-Seeding Hypothesis
- How Plants Deal with Embolisms
- Factors Controlling the Rate of Water Uptake and Movement
- Plants Under Stress
- References
Abstract
Water relations of plants is a large and diverse subject. This chapter is confined to some basic concepts needed for a better understanding of the role of water relations in plant ecology. Readers seeking more details should consult Slatyer (1967), Kramer (1983), and Tyree and Zimmermann (2002).
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