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@ARTICLE{Windt:5901,
author = {Windt, C. W. and Gerkema, E. and Van As, H.},
title = {{M}ost {W}ater in the {T}omato {T}russ {I}s {I}mported
through the {X}ylem, {N}ot the {P}hloem: {A} {N}uclear
{M}agnetic {R}esonance {F}low {I}maging {S}tudy},
journal = {Plant physiology},
volume = {151},
issn = {0032-0889},
address = {Rockville, Md.: Soc.},
publisher = {JSTOR},
reportid = {PreJuSER-5901},
pages = {830 - 842},
year = {2009},
note = {Record converted from VDB: 12.11.2012},
abstract = {In this study, we demonstrate nuclear magnetic resonance
flow imaging of xylem and phloem transport toward a
developing tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) truss. During an
8-week period of growth, we measured phloem and xylem fluxes
in the truss stalk, aiming to distinguish the contributions
of the two transport tissues and draw up a balance between
influx and efflux. It is commonly estimated that about
$90\%$ of the water reaches the fruit by the phloem and the
remaining $10\%$ by the xylem. The xylem is thought to
become dysfunctional at an early stage of fruit development.
However, our results do not corroborate these findings. On
the contrary, we found that xylem transport into the truss
remained functional throughout the 8 weeks of growth. During
that time, at least $75\%$ of the net influx into the fruit
occurred through the external xylem and about $25\%$ via the
perimedullary region, which contains both phloem and xylem.
About one-half of the net influx was lost due to
evaporation. Halfway through truss development, a xylem
backflow appeared. As the truss matured, the percentage of
xylem water that circulated into the truss and out again
increased in comparison with the net uptake, but no net loss
of water from the truss was observed. The circulation of
xylem water continued even after the fruits and pedicels
were removed. This indicates that neither of them was
involved in generating or conducting the circulation of sap.
Only when the main axis of the peduncle was cut back did the
circulation stop.},
keywords = {Biological Transport / Lycopersicon esculentum: growth $\&$
development / Lycopersicon esculentum: physiology / Magnetic
Resonance Spectroscopy / Phloem: physiology / Rheology:
methods / Water: physiology / Xylem: physiology / Water (NLM
Chemicals) / J (WoSType)},
cin = {ICG-3},
ddc = {580},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)ICG-3-20090406},
pnm = {Terrestrische Umwelt},
pid = {G:(DE-Juel1)FUEK407},
shelfmark = {Plant Sciences},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
pubmed = {pmid:19710234},
pmc = {pmc:PMC2754649},
UT = {WOS:000270389500028},
doi = {10.1104/pp.109.141044},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/5901},
}