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Title
Air bubbles were digitally photographed as they streamed from a severed tertiary
Author
Eleanor T. Thorne Brigham Young University Department of Plant and Animal Sciences Provo Utah 84602 USA,Samantha Barling-Silva
Keywords
grapevine, Muscadinia rotundifolia, particle movement, pit membrane, Vitis vinifera, xylem vessel connectivity
Description
<em>Vitis vinifera</em> cv.
Air bubbles were digitally photographed as they streamed from a severed tertiary vein of a grape leaf submerged in water (inset). The camera was placed at the surface of the water. The air bubbles reveal the open, continuous xylem conduits that allow air to flow from the base of the petiole into tertiary leaf veins. Low-pressure air flow is one of the techniques used to elucidate the interconnectedness of xylem vessels across multiple organs within grapevine. Vineyardgrown Vitis vinifera cv. Cabernet Franc frames the inset.

Link to the AJB Abstract for the article:
The structure of xylem vessels in grapevine (Vitaceae) and a possible passive mechanism for the systemic spread of bacterial disease
by Eleanor T. Thorne, Briana M. Young, Glenn M. Young, Joshua F. Stevenson, John M. Labavitch, Mark A. Matthews and Thomas L. Rost
Publisher
Botanical Society of America
Additional data
copyright: Thorne, BSA
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Botanical Name
<em>Vitis vinifera</em> cv.
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