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Evaluation of centrifugal methods for measuring xylem cavitation in conifers, diffuse and ringporous angiosperms
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Hacke, U.G., Taneda, H., Li, Y., Sperry, J.S., Bush, S.E.
• A centrifugal method is used to measure ‘vulnerability curves’ which show the loss of hydraulic conductivity in xylem by cavitation. Until recently, conductivity was measured between bouts of centrifugation using a gravity-induced head. Now, conductivity can be measured during centrifugation....
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The standard centrifuge method accurately measures vulnerability curves of longvesselled olive stems
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Venturas, M.D., Sperry, J.S., Hacke, U.G., Pratt, R.B. , Jacobsen, J.S., MacKinnon, E.D.
The standard centrifuge method has been frequently used to measure vulnerability to xylem cavitation. This method has recently been questioned. It was hypothesized that open vessels lead to exponential vulnerability curves, which were thought to be indicative of measurement artifact. We tested...