| Range |
~5 mPaхs
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| Organism |
Plants |
| Reference |
Kaare H. Jensen & Maciej A. Zwieniecki, Physical Limits to Leaf Size in Tall Trees, Physical review letters, PRL 110, 018104 (2013) DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.110.018104 p.3 left column top paragraphPubMed ID23383844
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| Primary Source |
Jensen KH, Mullendore DL, Holbrook NM, Bohr T, Knoblauch M, Bruus H. Modeling the hydrodynamics of Phloem sieve plates. Front Plant Sci. 2012 3: 151. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2012.00151.PubMed ID22811681
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| Comments |
"In the stem,
phloem sap flows through what is essentially a single cylindrical
tube of radius r and length h, so the stem resistance
is Rstem=8?h(pr^4), where ? is the viscosity of the sap, typically 5 times greater than that of water, ?~5 mPa s (primary source)" |
| Entered by |
Uri M |
| ID |
108683 |