Maintenance of long distance water transport in xylem is essential to plant health and
productivity. Both biotic and abiotic environmental conditions lead to embolism formation …

One adaptation of plants to cope with drought or frost stress is to develop wood that is able
to withstand the formation and distribution of air bubbles (emboli) in its water conducting …

The first edition of this book was the first to provide an integrated description of sap
ascension from an anatomical and functional point of view. The second edition opens with …

We provide an overview of research on climbing plants from Charles Darwin to the present
day. Following Darwin's interests, this review will focus on functional perspectives including …

Deuterium depletions between stem water and source water have been observed in coastal
halophyte plants and in multiple species under greenhouse conditions. However, the …

Plants live dangerously, but gracefully. To remain hydrated, they exploit liquid water in the
thermodynamically metastable state of negative pressure, similar to a rope under tension …

This review emphasizes recent developments and controversies related to the uptake,
transport and loss of water by trees. Comparisons of the stable isotope composition of soil …

There is widespread agreement that negative hydrostatic pressure makes water transport in
the xylem intrinsically vulnerable to cavitation (Pickard, 1981; Zimmermann and Milburn …

Recovery of hydraulic conductivity after the induction of embolisms was studied in woody
stems of laurel (Laurus nobilis). Previous experiments confirming the recovery of hydraulic …

Xylem recovery from embolism was studied in Laurus nobilis L. stems that were induced to
cavitate by combining negative xylem pressure potentials (PX=− 1.1 MPa) with positive air …