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Craig R Brodersen¹, Adam B Roddy¹, Jay W Wason²

¹School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, USA;

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Summary

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Understanding water transport in plants is key to terrestrial cycles. This review covers plant xylem function, noninvasive tools, and future research directions for plant hydraulics.

Keywords:

cavitation conductance conductivity embolism sap flow transpiration xylem

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Area of Science:

Plant Physiology
Ecology
Biophysics

Background:

Water transport in vascular plants is crucial for photosynthesis and terrestrial water cycles.
Assessing plant xylem function is challenging due to scale and location.
Woody species are a focus for understanding long-distance water movement.

Purpose of the Study:

To review mechanistic principles of long-distance water transport in vascular plants.
To discuss noninvasive tools for studying xylem networks in planta.
To assess limitations in detecting and quantifying xylem dysfunction.

Main Methods:

Review of mechanistic principles of water transport.
Discussion of noninvasive tools for in planta xylem studies.
Assessment of current methods for detecting embolisms and sap flow decline.

Main Results:

Fundamental principles of water transport in woody plants are outlined.
Recent advancements in noninvasive tools for xylem network analysis are presented.
Limitations in current methods for detecting drought-induced xylem blockages are identified.

Conclusions:

Current methods for assessing plant hydraulics have limitations.
Cross-validation of plant hydraulics methods is needed.
A shift in theory and methodology for plant water use characterization is proposed.