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The hydraulic conductivities of excised whole root systems of wheat (Triticum aestivum L. cv. Atou) and of single excised roots of wheat and maize (Zea mays L. cv. Passat) were measured using an osmotically induced back-flow technique. Ninety minutes after excision the values for single excised roots ranged from 1.6·10(-8) to 5.5·10(-8) m·s(-1)·MPa(-1) in wheat and from 0.9·10(-8) to 4.8·10(-8) m·s(-1)·MPa(-1) in maize. The main source of variation was a decrease in the value as root length increased. The hydraulic conductivities of whole root systems, but not of single excised roots, were smaller 15 h after excision. This was not caused by occlusion of the xylem at the cut end of the coleoptile. The hydraulic conductivities of epidermal, cortical and endodermal cells were measured using a pressure probe. Epidermal and cortical cells of both wheat and maize roots gave mean values of 1.2·10(-7) m·s(-1)·MPa(-1) but in endodermal cells (measured only in wheat) the mean value was 0.5·10(-7) m·s(-1)·MPa(-1). The cellular hydraulic conductivities were used to calculate the root hydraulic conductivities expected if water flow across the root was via transcellular (vacuole-to-vacuole), apo

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Author

Heddwyn Jones; Roger A. Leigh; R. Gareth Wyn Jones; A. Deri Tomos

Publisher

Springer-Verlag; Springer Verlag; Springer Science and Business Media LLC; Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration Inc. (ISSN 0032-0935)

Published

1988

Language

EN

Field

Agricultural and Biological Sciences (Life Sciences)