Increase in internal hydrostatic pressure due to water influx for a typical volumetric elastic modulus, ε, of 10 MPa

Value 0.1 MPa
Organism Plants
Reference Park S. Nobel, Physicochemical and Environmental Plant Physiology, 3rd edition, Elsevier academic press, 2005 p.39 bottom paragraph
Comments "For a typical e of 10 MPa, a 1% increase in volume due to water influx is accompanied by a 1% decrease in cellular solute concentration and a 0.1MPa increase in internal hydrostatic pressure (Eq.1.17)."
Entered by Uri M
ID 108538