Extreme Aridity Pushes Trees to Their Physical Limits.

Maximilian Larter Tim J Brodribb Sebastian Pfautsch Régis Burlett Hervé Cochard Sylvain Delzon

Plant Physiol

Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Biodiversité, Gènes and Communautés-Unité Mixte de Recherche 1202, F-33610 Cestas, France (M.L., R.B., S.D.);Université de Bordeaux, Biodiversité, Gènes and Communautés-Unité Mixte de Recherche 1202, F-33615 Pessac, France (M.L., R.B., S.D.);School of Biological Science, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania 7001, Australia (T.J.B.);Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, University of Western Sydney, Penrith, New South Wales 2751, Australia (S.P.); andInstitut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Clermont University, Unité Mixte de Recherche 547 Physique et Physiologie Intégratives de l'Arbre Fruitier et Forestier, F-63100 Clermont-Ferrand, France (H.C.)

Published: July 2015

An Australian desert tree species displays record drought tolerance, bringing it remarkably close to the practical limit for liquid water transport in vascular plants.

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