Review article. How does water get through roots?

Xylem Structure and the Ascent of Sap

2002 • 3,009 citations

Water Relations of Plants and Soils

1995 • 1,604 citations

AQUAPORINS AND WATER PERMEABILITY OF PLANT MEMBRANES

1997 • 563 citations

Water Transport in and to Roots

1988 • 457 citations

The major integral proteins of spinach leaf plasma membranes are putative aquaporins and are phosphorylated in response to Ca2+ and apoplastic water potential.

1996 • 301 citations

Aquaporins: The Molecular Basis of Facilitated Water Movement Through Living Plant Cells?

1994 • 294 citations

Axial and Radial Hydraulic Resistance to Roots of Maize (Zea mays L.)

1989 • 285 citations

The Cohesion-Tension theory of sap ascent: current controversies

1997 • 279 citations

The Interaction between Osmotic- and Pressure-induced Water Flow in Plant Roots

1975 • 261 citations

Water Movement Through Plant Roots

1978 • 244 citations

CHANGES IN HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY AND ANATOMY CAUSED BY DRYING AND REWETTING ROOTS OF AGAVE DESERTI (AGAVACEAE)

1991 • 215 citations

Water Transport in Maize Roots

1987 • 211 citations

Structural Changes and Associated Reduction of Hydraulic Conductance in Roots of Sorghum bicolor L. following Exposure to Water Deficit

1992 • 197 citations

Water transport in barley roots

1983 • 192 citations

The structure of barley roots in relation to the transport of ions into the stele

1973 • 186 citations

Effects of NaCl and CaCl₂ on Water Transport across Root Cells of Maize (Zea mays L.) Seedlings

1992 • 186 citations

Purified vesicles of tobacco cell vacuolar and plasma membranes exhibit dramatically different water permeability and water channel activity

1997 • 181 citations

Water and Life

1992 • 181 citations

Apoplastic transport across young maize roots: effect of the exodermis

1998 • 176 citations

Pathway of movement of apoplastic fluorescent dye tracers through the endodermis at the site of secondary root formation in corn (Zea mays) and broad bean (Vicia faba)

1981 • 161 citations

Functions of passage cells in the endodermis and exodermis of roots

1996 • 158 citations

Transport of Water and Solutes across Maize Roots Modified by Puncturing the Endodermis (Further Evidence for the Composite Transport Model of the Root)

1993 • 156 citations

Effects of Salinity on Water Transport of Excised Maize (Zea mays L.) Roots

1991 • 156 citations

Water channels in plants: do basic concepts of water transport change?

1995 • 153 citations

Water transport across roots

1995 • 142 citations

Characterization of Water Channels in Wheat Root Membrane Vesicles

1997 • 136 citations

Reversible closing of water channels inCharainternodes provides evidence for a composite transport model of the plasma membrane

1995 • 135 citations

THE REGULATING INFLUENCE OF TRANSPIRATION AND SUCTION TENSION ON THE WATER AND SALT UPTAKE BY THE ROOTS OF INTACT VICIA FABA PLANTS

1954 • 134 citations

Living Vessel Elements in the Late Metaxylem of Sheathed Maize Roots

1986 • 114 citations

Water Transport across Maize Roots

1991 • 112 citations

Water transport in plants: Role of the apoplast

1997 • 111 citations

Osmotic responses of maize roots

1989 • 108 citations

Water Transport in Onion (Allium cepa L.) Roots (Changes of Axial and Radial Hydraulic Conductivities during Root Development)

1993 • 103 citations

Structure and Function of Roots

1995 • 100 citations

Studies of Root Function in Zea mays

1985 • 98 citations

Suberin lamellae in the hypodermis of maize (Zea mays) roots; development and factors affecting the permeability of hypodermal layers

1987 • 97 citations

The function of water channels in Chara : The temperature dependence of water and solute flows provides evidence for composite membrane transport and for a slippage of small organic solutes across water channels

1997 • 80 citations

Hydraulic and osmotic properties of spruce roots

1994 • 79 citations

Quantifying Apoplastic Flux through Red Pine Root Systems Using Trisodium, 3-hydroxy-5,8,10-pyrenetrisulfonate

1985 • 77 citations

Lateral hydraulic conductivity of early metaxylem vessels in Zea mays L. roots

1993 • 75 citations

The Casparian Strip of Clivia miniata Reg. Roots: Isolation, Fine Structure and Chemical Nature*

1994 • 75 citations

Water and solute transport along developing maize roots

1996 • 73 citations

Characteristics of Hg‐ and Zn‐sensitive Water Channels in the Plasma Membrane of Chara Cells*

1996 • 73 citations

Chemical composition of Casparian strips isolated from Clivia miniata Reg. roots: evidence for lignin

1996 • 68 citations

Hydraulic and osmotic properties of oak roots

1996 • 68 citations

Salinity effects on hydraulic conductance, lignin content and peroxidase activity in tomato roots

1997 • 65 citations

The Regulation of Plant Water at the Cell, Tissue, and Organ Level: Role of Active Processes and of Compartmentation

1994 • 65 citations

Water-relation parameters of epidermal and cortical cells in the primary root ofTriticum aestivum L.

1983 • 63 citations

The Osmometer Model of the Root: Water and Solute Relations of Roots of Phaseolus coccineus

1989 • 62 citations

Water channels inChara corallina

1997 • 60 citations

Diurnal Changes in Volume and Solute Transport Coefficients of Phaseolus Roots

1986 • 55 citations

The integration of whole-root and cellular hydraulic conductivities in cereal roots

1988 • 51 citations

Water transport across plant tissue: Role of water channels

1997 • 48 citations

Hydraulic conductivity of tonoplast-freeChara cells

1977 • 45 citations

Water transport across tree roots

1995 • 45 citations

Sites of entry of water into the symplast of maize roots

1993 • 32 citations

Structural, chemical, and permeability changes following wounding in onion roots

1984 • 29 citations

Water Transport in the Midrib Tissue of Maize Leaves

1985 • 21 citations