Visual quantification of embolism reveals leaf vulnerability to hydraulic failure.

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• Publication year

  2016

• Venue

  New Phytologist

• Publication date

  2016-03-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1111/nph.13846PMID 26742653
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