Schematic animation of embolism spread (VIDEO)

Botanicky ustav Akademie ved Ceske republiky

Caption

Schematic animation of embolism spreading between conduits in two stem cross-sections. In both, embolism crosses half of the conduit walls it encounters. The plant on the left dies, the one on the right lives.

Credit

Animation: Martin Bouda, Institute of Botany, Czech Academy of Sciences

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License

CC BY

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