Plant xylem hydraulics: What we understand, current research, and future challenges

Outside-Xylem Vulnerability, Not Xylem Embolism, Controls Leaf Hydraulic Decline during Dehydration

(2017) Christine Scoffoni et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

In vivodynamic analysis of water refilling in embolized xylem vessels of intactZea maysleaves

(2016) Jeongeun Ryu et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

Low intra-tree variability in resistance to embolism in four Pinaceae species

(2016) Pauline S. Bouche et al.   ANNALS OF FOREST SCIENCE

Drought-induced vegetation shifts in terrestrial ecosystems: The key role of regeneration dynamics

(2016) Jordi Martínez-Vilalta et al.   GLOBAL AND PLANETARY CHANGE

Pragmatic hydraulic theory predicts stomatal responses to climatic water deficits

(2016) John S. Sperry et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Plant hydraulics improves and topography mediates prediction of aspen mortality in southwestern USA

(2016) Xiaonan Tai et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Drought-induced shoot dieback starts with massive root xylem embolism and variable depletion of nonstructural carbohydrates in seedlings of two tree species

(2016) Jesús Rodríguez-Calcerrada et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Does leaf shedding protect stems from cavitation during seasonal droughts? A test of the hydraulic fuse hypothesis

(2016) Brett T. Wolfe et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Plant pneumatics: stem air flow is related to embolism - new perspectives on methods in plant hydraulics

(2016) Luciano Pereira et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Experimental evidence for heat plume-induced cavitation and xylem deformation as a mechanism of rapid post-fire tree mortality

(2016) Adam G. West et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

X-ray microtomography observations of xylem embolism in stems of Laurus nobilis are consistent with hydraulic measurements of percentage loss of conductance

(2016) Andrea Nardini et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Conflicting demands on angiosperm xylem: Tradeoffs among storage, transport and biomechanics

(2016) R. Brandon Pratt et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

Structural determinants of increased susceptibility to dehydration-induced cavitation in post-fire resprouting chaparral shrubs

(2016) Anna L. Jacobsen et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

Optimal plant water economy

(2016) Thomas N Buckley et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

Direct observation and modelling of embolism spread between xylem conduits: a case study in Scots pine

(2016) José M. Torres-Ruiz et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

An ecophysiological and developmental perspective on variation in vessel diameter

(2016) Uwe G. Hacke et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

Drought-induced xylem pit membrane damage in aspen and balsam poplar

(2016) Rachel M. Hillabrand et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

Predicting stomatal responses to the environment from the optimization of photosynthetic gain and hydraulic cost

(2016) John S. Sperry et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

Xylem Surfactants Introduce a New Element to the Cohesion-Tension Theory

(2016) H. Jochen Schenk et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Revealing catastrophic failure of leaf networks under stress

(2016) Timothy J. Brodribb et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Meta-analysis reveals that hydraulic traits explain cross-species patterns of drought-induced tree mortality across the globe

(2016) William R. L. Anderegg et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Optimal stomatal behavior with competition for water and risk of hydraulic impairment

(2016) Adam Wolf et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Single vessel air injection estimates of xylem resistance to cavitation are affected by vessel network characteristics and sample length

(2016) Martin D. Venturas et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

Testing the ‘microbubble effect’ using the Cavitron technique to measure xylem water extraction curves

(2016) Alexandria L. Pivovaroff et al.   AoB Plants

Plasticity in Vulnerability to Cavitation of Pinus canariensis Occurs Only at the Driest End of an Aridity Gradient

(2016) Rosana López et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Chaparral Shrub Hydraulic Traits, Size, and Life History Types Relate to Species Mortality during California’s Historic Drought of 2014

(2016) Martin D. Venturas et al.   PLoS One

Cellular interactions during tracheary elements formation and function

(2015) Delphine Ménard et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY

Physiological and biochemical differences amongUlmus minorgenotypes showing a gradient of resistance to Dutch elm disease

(2015) M. Li et al.   FOREST PATHOLOGY

Tree mortality predicted from drought-induced vascular damage

(2015) William R. L. Anderegg et al.   Nature Geoscience

Plant vascular development: from early specification to differentiation

(2015) Bert De Rybel et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY

What plant hydraulics can tell us about responses to climate-change droughts

(2015) John S. Sperry et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Weak tradeoff between xylem safety and xylem-specific hydraulic efficiency across the world's woody plant species

(2015) Sean M. Gleason et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Xylem development - from the cradle to the grave

(2015) Kamil Růžička et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Towards understanding resprouting at the global scale

(2015) Juli G. Pausas et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Leaf size serves as a proxy for xylem vulnerability to cavitation in plantation trees

(2015) Stefan G. Schreiber et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

Cutting stems before relaxing xylem tension induces artefacts inVitis coignetiae, as evidenced by magnetic resonance imaging

(2015) Mayumi Y. Ogasa et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

Phloem as Capacitor: Radial Transfer of Water into Xylem of Tree Stems Occurs via Symplastic Transport in Ray Parenchyma

(2015) Sebastian Pfautsch et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Pervasive drought legacies in forest ecosystems and their implications for carbon cycle models

(2015) W. R. L. Anderegg et al.   SCIENCE

Hydraulic functioning of tree stems—fusing ray anatomy, radial transfer and capacitance

(2015) Sebastian Pfautsch et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

Root resistance to cavitation is accurately measured using a centrifuge technique

(2015) R. B. Pratt et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

Avoidance of harvesting and sampling artefacts in hydraulic analyses: a protocol tested onMalus domestica

(2015) Barbara Beikircher et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

Nanobubbles: a new paradigm for air-seeding in xylem

(2015) H. Jochen Schenk et al.   TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE

Interdependence of chronic hydraulic dysfunction and canopy processes can improve integrated models of tree response to drought

(2015) D. Scott Mackay et al.   WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH

Transpiration in the global water cycle

(2014) William H. Schlesinger et al.   AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY

A broad survey of hydraulic and mechanical safety in the xylem of conifers

(2014) Pauline S. Bouche et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Spatial and temporal variation in plant hydraulic traits and their relevance for climate change impacts on vegetation

(2014) William R. L. Anderegg   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Recent advances in tree hydraulics highlight the ecological significance of the hydraulic safety margin

(2014) Sylvain Delzon et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Coordination of stem and leaf hydraulic conductance in southern California shrubs: a test of the hydraulic segmentation hypothesis

(2014) Alexandria L. Pivovaroff et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Synchrotron X-ray microtomography of xylem embolism inSequoia sempervirenssaplings during cycles of drought and recovery

(2014) Brendan Choat et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

The standard centrifuge method accurately measures vulnerability curves of long-vesselled olive stems

(2014) Uwe G. Hacke et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Water relations ofRobinia pseudoacacia L.: do vessels cavitate and refill diurnally or are R-shaped curves invalid inRobinia?

(2014) RUIQING WANG et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

Are leaves ‘freewheelin'? Testing for a Wheeler-type effect in leaf xylem hydraulic decline

(2014) CHRISTINE SCOFFONI et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

Relax and refill: xylem rehydration prior to hydraulic measurements favours embolism repair in stems and generates artificially low PLC values

(2014) PATRIZIA TRIFILÒ et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

Excising stem samples underwater at native tension does not induce xylem cavitation

(2014) MARTIN D. VENTURAS et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

Aquaporins: Highly Regulated Channels Controlling Plant Water Relations

(2014) F. Chaumont et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Direct X-Ray Microtomography Observation Confirms the Induction of Embolism upon Xylem Cutting under Tension

(2014) José M. Torres-Ruiz et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Cavitation and Its Discontents: Opportunities for Resolving Current Controversies

(2014) F. E. Rockwell et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Variable hydraulic resistances and their impact on plant drought response modelling

(2014) A. Baert et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

How reliable are methods to assess xylem vulnerability to cavitation? The issue of 'open vessel' artifact in oaks

(2014) N. K. Martin-StPaul et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

Sap flow-based quantitative indication of progression of Dutch elm disease after inoculation with Ophiostoma novo-ulmi

(2014) Josef Urban et al.   TREES-STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION

Emerging roles of small GTPases in secondary cell wall development

(2014) Yoshihisa Oda et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Xylem vessel relays contribute to radial connectivity in grapevine stems (Vitis vinifera and V. arizonica ; Vitaceae)

(2013) Craig R. Brodersen et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

Vulnerability to cavitation, hydraulic efficiency, growth and survival in an insular pine (Pinus canariensis)

(2013) Rosana López et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

Visualization of embolism formation in the xylem of liana stems using neutron radiography

(2013) Christian Tötzke et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

Hydraulic failure and repair are not routine in trees

(2013) Hervé Cochard et al.   ANNALS OF FOREST SCIENCE

Mortality of resprouting chaparral shrubs after a fire and during a record drought: physiological mechanisms and demographic consequences

(2013) R. Brandon Pratt et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Methods for measuring plant vulnerability to cavitation: a critical review

(2013) Hervé Cochard et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

The Plant Vascular System: Evolution, Development and FunctionsF

(2013) William J. Lucas et al.   Journal of Integrative Plant Biology

Confronting model predictions of carbon fluxes with measurements of Amazon forests subjected to experimental drought

(2013) Thomas L. Powell et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Limited genetic variability and phenotypic plasticity detected for cavitation resistance in a Mediterranean pine

(2013) Jean-Baptiste Lamy et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Evaluating theories of drought-induced vegetation mortality using a multimodel-experiment framework

(2013) Nate G. McDowell et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

The Theory of the Rise of Sap in Trees: Some Historical and Conceptual Remarks

(2013) Harvey R. Brown   PHYSICS IN PERSPECTIVE

Recalcitrant vulnerability curves: methods of analysis and the concept of fibre bridges for enhanced cavitation resistance

(2013) JING CAI et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

How do trees die? A test of the hydraulic failure and carbon starvation hypotheses

(2013) SANNA SEVANTO et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

Modelling stomatal conductance in response to environmental factors

(2013) THOMAS N. BUCKLEY et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

Heritability ofUlmus minorresistance to Dutch elm disease and its relationship to vessel size, but not to xylem vulnerability to drought

(2013) M. Venturas et al.   PLANT PATHOLOGY

Freeze-Thaw Stress: Effects of Temperature on Hydraulic Conductivity and Ultrasonic Activity in Ten Woody Angiosperms

(2013) G. Charrier et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Vessel length and conductivity of Ulmus branches: ontogenetic changes and relation to resistance to Dutch elm disease

(2013) J. A. Martín et al.   TREES-STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION

Anatomical regulation of ice nucleation and cavitation helps trees to survive freezing and drought stress

(2013) A. Lintunen et al.   Scientific Reports

Maintenance of xylem Network Transport Capacity: A Review of Embolism Repair in Vascular Plants

(2013) Craig R. Brodersen et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Measurement of Leaf Hydraulic Conductance and Stomatal Conductance and Their Responses to Irradiance and Dehydration Using the Evaporative Flux Method (EFM)

(2013) Lawren Sack et al.   Jove-Journal of Visualized Experiments

A global analysis of xylem vessel length in woody plants

(2012) Anna L. Jacobsen et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

Cellular localization of aquaporin mRNA in hybrid poplar stems

(2012) A. M. Almeida-Rodriguez et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

Changes in transpiration and foliage growth in lodgepole pine trees following mountain pine beetle attack and mechanical girdling

(2012) Robert M. Hubbard et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Drought's legacy: multiyear hydraulic deterioration underlies widespread aspen forest die-off and portends increased future risk

(2012) William R. L. Anderegg et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

No evidence for an open vessel effect in centrifuge-based vulnerability curves of a long-vesselled liana (Vitis vinifera)

(2012) Anna L. Jacobsen et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Polyploidy enhances the occupation of heterogeneous environments through hydraulic related trade-offs inAtriplex canescens(Chenopodiaceae)

(2012) Guang-You Hao et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Moving beyond the cambium necrosis hypothesis of post-fire tree mortality: cavitation and deformation of xylem in forest fires

(2012) S. T. Michaletz et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Hydraulic responses to extreme drought conditions in three co-dominant tree species in shallow soil over bedrock

(2012) Kelly R. Kukowski et al.   OECOLOGIA

Improving xylem hydraulic conductivity measurements by correcting the error caused by passive water uptake

(2012) José M. Torres-Ruiz et al.   PHYSIOLOGIA PLANTARUM

Xylem vulnerability to cavitation can be accurately characterised in species with long vessels using a centrifuge method

(2012) M. F. Tobin et al.   PLANT BIOLOGY

Gene expression patterns underlying changes in xylem structure and function in response to increased nitrogen availability in hybrid poplar

(2012) LENKA PLAVCOVÁ et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

Recovery of diurnal depression of leaf hydraulic conductance in a subtropical woody bamboo species: embolism refilling by nocturnal root pressure

(2012) S.-J. Yang et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

Freeze/Thaw-Induced Embolism: Probability of Critical Bubble Formation Depends on Speed of Ice Formation

(2012) Sanna Sevanto et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Genetic effects on transpiration, canopy conductance, stomatal sensitivity to vapour pressure deficit, and cavitation resistance in loblolly pine

(2011) Michael J. Aspinwall et al.   Ecohydrology

Genetic variation of hydraulic and wood anatomical traits in hybrid poplar and trembling aspen

(2011) Stefan G. Schreiber et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Rare pits, large vessels and extreme vulnerability to cavitation in a ring-porous tree species

(2011) Mairgareth A. Christman et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Automated analysis of three-dimensional xylem networks using high-resolution computed tomography

(2011) Craig R. Brodersen et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Heterogeneous distribution of pectin epitopes and calcium in different pit types of four angiosperm species

(2011) Lenka Plavcová et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Vulnerability curves by centrifugation: is there an open vessel artefact, and are ‘r’ shaped curves necessarily invalid?

(2011) JOHN S. SPERRY et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

Plasmodesmatal pores in the torus of bordered pit membranes affect cavitation resistance of conifer xylem

(2011) S. JANSEN et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

Refilling embolized xylem conduits: Is it a matter of phloem unloading?

(2011) Andrea Nardini et al.   PLANT SCIENCE

Uniform Selection as a Primary Force Reducing Population Genetic Differentiation of Cavitation Resistance across a Species Range

(2011) Jean-Baptiste Lamy et al.   PLoS One

The roles of hydraulic and carbon stress in a widespread climate-induced forest die-off

(2011) W. R. L. Anderegg et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Surface tension phenomena in the xylem sap of three diffuse porous temperate tree species

(2011) K. K. Christensen-Dalsgaard et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

Genotypic variability and phenotypic plasticity of cavitation resistance in Fagus sylvatica L. across Europe

(2011) R. Wortemann et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

Phenotypic plasticity in mesic populations of Pinus pinaster improves resistance to xylem embolism (P50) under severe drought

(2011) Leyre Corcuera et al.   TREES-STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION

Improvement to the air-injection technique to estimate xylem vulnerability to cavitation

(2011) Mustapha Ennajeh et al.   TREES-STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION

Genetic and genomic tools to improve drought tolerance in wheat

(2010) D. Fleury et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Moving water well: comparing hydraulic efficiency in twigs and trunks of coniferous, ring-porous, and diffuse-porous saplings from temperate and tropical forests

(2010) Katherine McCulloh et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Testing hypotheses that link wood anatomy to cavitation resistance and hydraulic conductivity in the genus Acer

(2010) Frederic Lens et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Physiological mechanisms of drought-induced tree mortality are far from being resolved

(2010) Anna Sala et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Linking irradiance-induced changes in pit membrane ultrastructure with xylem vulnerability to cavitation

(2010) LENKA PLAVCOVÁ et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

Patterns of PIP gene expression in Populus trichocarpa during recovery from xylem embolism suggest a major role for the PIP1 aquaporin subfamily as moderators of refilling process

(2010) FRANCESCA SECCHI et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

Mechanism of water-stress induced cavitation in conifers: bordered pit structure and function support the hypothesis of seal capillary-seeding

(2010) SYLVAIN DELZON et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

Cell Wall-Degrading Enzymes Enlarge the Pore Size of Intervessel Pit Membranes in Healthy and Xylella fastidiosa-Infected Grapevines

(2010) A. G. Perez-Donoso et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

The Dynamics of Embolism Repair in Xylem: In Vivo Visualizations Using High-Resolution Computed Tomography

(2010) C. R. Brodersen et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Tyloses and Phenolic Deposits in Xylem Vessels Impede Water Transport in Low-Lignin Transgenic Poplars: A Study by Cryo-Fluorescence Microscopy

(2010) P. Kitin et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Influence of nitrogen fertilization on xylem traits and aquaporin expression in stems of hybrid poplar

(2010) U. G. Hacke et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

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

(2009) Steven Jansen et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

Bordered pit and ray morphology involvement in elm resistance to Ophiostoma novo-ulmi

(2009) Juan A. Martín et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF FOREST RESEARCH

A global overview of drought and heat-induced tree mortality reveals emerging climate change risks for forests

(2009) Craig D. Allen et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Starch-to-sugar conversion in wood parenchyma of field-growingLaurus nobilisplants: a component of the signal pathway for embolism repair?

(2009) Sebastiano Salleo et al.   FUNCTIONAL PLANT BIOLOGY

Ultrasonic emissions from conifer xylem exposed to repeated freezing

(2009) Stefan Mayr et al.   JOURNAL OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Freeze-thaw-induced embolism in Pinus contorta: centrifuge experiments validate the ‘thaw-expansion hypothesis’ but conflict with ultrasonic emission data

(2009) Stefan Mayr et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Testing the ‘rare pit’ hypothesis for xylem cavitation resistance in three species of Acer

(2009) Mairgareth A. Christman et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Genome duplication and the evolution of physiological responses to water stress

(2009) Hafiz Maherali et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Single-vessel flow measurements indicate scalariform perforation plates confer higher flow resistance than previously estimated

(2009) MAIRGARETH A. CHRISTMAN et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

New Insights into the Mechanisms of Water-Stress-Induced Cavitation in Conifers

(2009) H. Cochard et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Xylem hydraulic physiology: The functional backbone of terrestrial plant productivity

(2009) Timothy J. Brodribb   PLANT SCIENCE

Comparison of methods to quantify loss of hydraulic conductivity in Norway spruce

(2008) Peter Hietz et al.   ANNALS OF FOREST SCIENCE

The transpiration of water at negative pressures in a synthetic tree

(2008) Tobias D. Wheeler et al.   NATURE