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Electrical wave transmission in healthy black pine seedlings

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Non-injurious local stimuli, such as a cold shock, and injurious stimuli, such as local burning, punctures or chemicals, were applied to study electrical wave transmission in black pine (Pinus thunbergii) seedlings. The results showed that non-injurious stimuli evoked the action potential (AP) transmission and injurious stimulation induced both AP transmission and the more complex variation (VP) transmission in the seedlings. The causes of these phenomena were discussed.

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  1. Haikou Bureau of Forestry, Hainan, P. R. China

    Guo Jian

  2. College of Life Science, Nanjing Normal University, 210049, Nanjing, P. R. China

    Guo Jian & Zhou Kai-ya

  3. Forest Resource & Environment College of Nanjing Forestry University, 210037, Nanjing, P. R. China

    Guo Jian & Zhao Bo-guang

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Foundation item: This paper was supported by the National Nature Science Foundation of China (grant No. 39670613).

Biography: GUO Jian (1971-), male, lecturer in Haikou Bureau of Forestry. Hainan, P. R. China.

Responsible editor: Song Funan

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Jian, G., Bo-guang, Z. & Kai-ya, Z. Electrical wave transmission in healthy black pine seedlings. Journal of Forestry Research 15, 135–137 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02856748

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