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Water Movement In Trees

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University Outreach Publication

Of all the resource components of stress impacting tree survival and growth, water stress is the most prevalent. Water is the single most important substance for tree life, comprising 80% of tree substance. All the life processes of a tree take place in water — food making, food transport, food storage, food use, and defense. Water is a reagent in chemical reactions, a chemical bath for other reactions, a transporter, a hydraulic pressure liquid, a coating, buffer, and binder. Water is a universal liquid workbench, chemical scaffold, and biological facilitator.

(FOR99-007) April 1999

Authors
Kim D. Coder
Date Published
1999
Publisher
University of Georgia School of Forest Resources
Publisher Location
Athens, GA
Pages
4
Sub-Topics
Abiotic Factors, Canopy, Critical Root Zone (CRZ), Ecological Linkages, Evapotranspiration, Landscape Ecology, Plant Health Care, Biology (tree), Diagnosis and Treatment, Water Quality/Quantity
State(s)/Region(s)
International
Keywords
Stomates, Transpiration, Water movement, Xylem water

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