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E Mapfumo1, D Aspinall1, T Hancock2

  • 1Department of Horticulture, Viticulture and Oenology, University of Adelaide, Waite Agricultural Research Institute, Glen Osmond 5064, South Australia.

The New Phytologist
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Axial resistanceVitis vinifera (grapevine)rootswater uptakexylem vessels

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