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Pit Membranes

Pit Membrane is a specialized primary cell wall structure that spans the pit chamber in gymnosperm tracheids, serving as a selective barrier for water passage while preventing the spread of air embolisms between adjacent cells.

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Mechanism of Water Stress-Induced Xylem Embolism

John S. Sperry, Melvin T. Tyree · PLANT PHYSIOLOGY · 1988 · 748 citations · Full text

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Inter‐vessel pitting and cavitation in woody Rosaceae and other vesselled plants: a basis for a safety versus efficiency trade‐off in xylem transport

James K. Wheeler, John S. Sperry, Uwe G. Hacke et al. · Plant Cell & Environment · 2005 · 609 citations

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Hydrogel Control of Xylem Hydraulic Resistance in Plants

Maciej A. Zwieniecki, Peter J. Melcher, N. Michèle Holbrook · Science · 2001 · 516 citations

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Morphological variation of intervessel pit membranes and implications to xylem function in angiosperms

Steven Jansen, Brendan Choat, Annelies Pletsers · American Journal of Botany · 2009 · 332 citations

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Spring Filling of Xylem Vessels in Wild Grapevine

John S. Sperry, N. Michele Holbrook, Martin H. Zimmermann et al. · PLANT PHYSIOLOGY · 1987 · 300 citations · Full text

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    Steven Jansen

    Universität Ulm, Germany

    35 publications · 2.5K citations

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    Sherwin Carlquist

    Santa Barbara Botanic Garden, United States

    29 publications · 776 citations

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  3. EL
    Edward L. Schneider

    National Institute on Aging, United States

    22 publications · 510 citations

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    H. Jochen Schenk

    California State University, Fullerton, United States

    10 publications · 840 citations

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  5. RR
    Roland R. Dute

    Auburn University, United States

    10 publications · 169 citations

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  1. Universität Ulm

    Ulm, Germany

    21 h-index

    70 publications

    4.3K citations

  2. Santa Barbara Botanic Garden

    Santa Barbara, United States

    15 h-index

    37 publications

    886 citations

  3. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    9 h-index

    22 publications

    3.3K citations

  4. California State University, Fullerton

    Fullerton, United States

    9 h-index

    23 publications

    2.2K citations

  5. Auburn University

    Auburn, United States

    9 h-index

    19 publications

    342 citations

  6. Hokkaido University

    Sapporo, Japan

    8 h-index

    17 publications

    574 citations

  7. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

    London, United Kingdom

    7 h-index

    10 publications

    1.1K citations

  8. Leiden University

    Leiden, The Netherlands

    6 h-index

    10 publications

    428 citations

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  1. American Journal of Botany

    25 publications · 1.8K citations

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  2. IAWA Journal - KU Leuven/IAWA Journal

    35 publications · 1K citations

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  3. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

    17 publications · 2K citations

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  4. Plant Cell & Environment

    12 publications · 1.6K citations

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  5. Holzforschung

    12 publications · 331 citations

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