Plant BiologybioRxiv
Plasticity of the xylem vulnerability to embolism in poplar relies on quantitative pit properties rather than on pit structure
C. Lemaire, Y. Quilichini, N. Brunel-Michac…·S. Herbette
The paper investigates how poplar trees adjust their xylem vulnerability to embolism under different environmental conditions, finding that changes in quantitative pit properties, not structure, drive this plasticity.
DOI 10.1093/treephys/tpab018