Measuring xylem hydraulic vulnerability for long-vessel species: an improved methodology with the flow centrifugation technique

By Véronique Lesage On 22 March 2022 In All published articles, Data in repository, Open Access, Research paper, Special issue/Topical collection

Key message

Recent improvements to cavitron setup enable to measure xylem vulnerability curves for an expanded number of plant species, with longer vessels or lower hydraulic conductivity.

Keywords
Drought resistance; Plant hydraulic; Vulnerability curve; Cavitron; Method

Publication
Burlett, R., Parise, C., Capdeville, G. et al. Measuring xylem hydraulic vulnerability for long-vessel species: an improved methodology with the flow centrifugation technique. Annals of Forest Science 79, 5 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13595-022-01124-0

Data and/or Code availability

The datasets generated and/or analysed during the current study are available from the repository Dataverse INRAE (https://doi.org/10.15454/WRDBEW). The Cavisoft software is available at the Phenobois gitlab: https://forgemia.inra.fr/phenobois/cavisoft

Handling Editor
Maurizio Mencuccini

Topical Collection
This article is part of the Topical Collection “Trees, forests and water : resistance and resilience to water deficits“

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