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Regulation in the Whole Plant

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Transport in Plants II

Part of the book series: Encyclopedia of Plant Physiology ((919,volume 2 / B))

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Most vascular plants absorb the bulk of their inorganic nutrients from the soil solution through the roots. From the site of absorption, ions are distributed initially to various parts of the plant, mainly in the xylem, and secondary redistribution occurs in the phloem. In this Chapter an attempt is made to explain how long-distance transport is regulated within the plant in the light of the knowledge of ion transport at the sub-cellular, cellular, tissue and organ levels as presented in earlier Chapters.

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Sutcliffe, J.F. (1976). Regulation in the Whole Plant. In: Lüttge, U., Pitman, M.G. (eds) Transport in Plants II. Encyclopedia of Plant Physiology, vol 2 / B. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-66230-0_10

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