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Negative turgor pressure in plant cells: fact or fallacy?

Melvin T. Tyree

Canadian Journal of Botany · 1976 · 150 citations · 9 references

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Abstract

Several papers purporting to demonstrate negative turgor pressure in plant cells under extreme water stress are reviewed. A reanalysis of the published data suggests the reports are fallacious.

References

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The Measurement of the Turgor Pressure and the Water Relations of Plants by the Pressure-bomb Technique

Melvin T. Tyree, H. T. Hammel · Journal of Experimental Botany · 1972 · 1.2K citations

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Determination of water deficits in plant tissues.

H. D. Barrs, T. T. Kozlowski · 1968 · 352 citations

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Water relations parameters on single leaves obtained in a pressure bomb and some ecological interpretations

Y. N. S. Cheung, Melvin T. Tyree, J. Dainty · Canadian Journal of Botany · 1975 · 226 citations

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The Influence of Progressive Increases in total Soil Moisture Stress on Transpiration, Growth, and Internal Water Relationships of Plants

R. O. Slatyer · Australian Journal of Biological Sciences · 1957 · 90 citations · Full text

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