Non-invasive monitoring of hydraulic surge propagation in a wounded tobacco plant

Abstract Background When a plant is wounded, a rapid hydraulic surge, acting probably as a systemic signal, spreads from the site of injury throughout the plant and leads to small transient deformation of tissues. So far, the propagation of hydraulic surge has been monitored by contact and thus pote...

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Main Authors: Vladimíra Nožková, Petr Šmíd, Pavel Horváth, Miroslav Hrabovský, Petr Ilík
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-05-01
Series:Plant Methods
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13007-018-0307-6