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

Value 1 %
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 108537