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Jeroen D M Schreel1,2, Craig Brodersen3, Thomas De Schryver4

  • 1Laboratory of Plant Ecology, Department of Plants and Crops, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Coupure links 653, 9000 Gent, Belgium.

Annals of Botany
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Keywords:
Climate changecomputed tomographycryo-scanning electron microscopydroughtembolism formationembolism repairfoliar absorptionfoliar water uptakemicroCT

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