Testing the plant pneumatic method to estimate xylem embolism resistance in stems of temperate trees
LAMARQUE, Laurent J.
Biodiversité, Gènes & Communautés [BioGeCo]
Ecophysiologie et Génomique Fonctionnelle de la Vigne [UMR EGFV]
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Biodiversité, Gènes & Communautés [BioGeCo]
Ecophysiologie et Génomique Fonctionnelle de la Vigne [UMR EGFV]
LAMARQUE, Laurent J.
Biodiversité, Gènes & Communautés [BioGeCo]
Ecophysiologie et Génomique Fonctionnelle de la Vigne [UMR EGFV]
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Biodiversité, Gènes & Communautés [BioGeCo]
Ecophysiologie et Génomique Fonctionnelle de la Vigne [UMR EGFV]
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en
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Ce document a été publié dans
Tree Physiology. 2018, vol. 38, n° 7, p. 1016-1025
Oxford University Press (OUP)
Résumé en anglais
Methods to estimate xylem embolism resistance generally rely on hydraulic measurements, which can be far from straightforward. Recently, a pneumatic method based on air flow measurements of terminal branch ends was proposed ...Lire la suite >
Methods to estimate xylem embolism resistance generally rely on hydraulic measurements, which can be far from straightforward. Recently, a pneumatic method based on air flow measurements of terminal branch ends was proposed to construct vulnerability curves by linking the amount of air extracted from a branch with the degree of embolism. We applied this novel technique for 10 temperate tree species, including six diffuse, two ring-porous and two gymnosperm species, and compared the pneumatic curves with hydraulic ones obtained from either the flow-centrifuge or the hydraulic-bench dehydration method. We found that the pneumatic method provides a good estimate of the degree of xylem embolism for all angiosperm species. The xylem pressure at 50% and 88% loss of hydraulic conductivity (i.e., Ψ50 and Ψ88) based on the methods applied showed a strongly significant correlation for all eight angiosperms. However, the pneumatic method showed significantly reduced Ψ50 values for the two conifers. Our findings suggest that the pneumatic method could provide a fast and accurate approach for angiosperms due to its convenience and feasibility, at least within the range of embolism resistances covered by our samples.< Réduire
Mots clés
Embolie
Transport xylème
Arbre forestier
Gymnosperme
Analyse comparative
Courbe de vulnérabilité
Modélisation hydraulique
Mots clés en anglais
Angiosperms
Bench Dehydration
Conifers
Embolism
Flow-Centrifuge
Pneumatic Method
Secondary Xylem
Vulnerability Curve
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Initiative d'excellence de l'Université de Bordeaux - ANR-10-IDEX-0003
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