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Wall and turgor pressure and tension. Diffusion pressure deficit or suction force

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Allgemeine Physiologie der Pflanzenzelle / General Physiology of the Plant Cell

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The cell-to-cell movement of water in plants, insofar as it is motivated by osmotic and imbibitional mechanisms, can be adequately interpreted only in terms of the three physically distinct quantities of osmotic pressure (OP), turgor pressure (TP), and diffusion pressure deficit (DPD). No one of these three quantities alone adequately characterizes the water relations of a plant cell insofar as they can be interpreted on the basis of a diffusional mechanism. The magnitude of all three of them must be known for the complete evaluation of the water relations of a cell.

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  1. Medizinisches Nobelinstitut für Zellforschung und Genetik, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm 60, Schweden

    Günther F. Bahr , T. Caspersson  & Georg Klein ,  & 

  2. Botanisches Institut der Technischen Hochschule, Braunschweig, Deutschland

    Hans J. Bogen (Professor der Botanik) (Professor der Botanik)

  3. Botanisches Institut der Universität München, Menzingerstraße 67, München 19, Deutschland

    Leo Brauner (o. Professor der Botanik) (o. Professor der Botanik)

  4. Botanisches Institut der Universität, Tübingen, Deutschland

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  6. Department of Botany, University of California, Davis, California, USA

    H. B. Currier (Associate Professor of Botany) & C. Ralph Stocking (Associate Professor of Botany) (Associate Professor of Botany) &  (Associate Professor of Botany)

  7. Pflanzenphysiologisches Institut, Freien Universität Berlin, Königin-Luise-Straße 1-3, Berlin-Dahlem, Deutschland

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  8. Chem. Abteilung, Pathologisches Institut der Albert-Ludwigs-Universität, Freiburg i. Br., Deutschland

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  9. US Plant Industry Station, Beltsville, Maryland, USA

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  10. Botanisches Institut der Universität, Bonn, Meckenheimer Allee 170, Deutschland

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  14. University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, USA

    J. Levitt (Professor of Botany) (Professor of Botany)

  15. Dept. Botany and Plant Pathology, Ohio State University, Columbus, USA

    Bernard S. Meyer (Professor and Chairman) (Professor and Chairman)

  16. Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station, Wooster, USA

    Bernard S. Meyer (Professor and Chairman) (Professor and Chairman)

  17. Department of Biochemistry, University of Sidney, Sidney, Australia

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  18. Division of Food Preservation and Transport, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, Homebush, Australia

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  19. Botanisches Institut der Tierärztl. Hochschule, Hannover, Deutschland

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  22. Universität Stockholm, Kungstensgatan 45, Stockholm Va, Schweden

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  23. Botanisches Institut der Technischen Hochschule, Darmstadt, Deutschland

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Meyer, B.S. (1956). Wall and turgor pressure and tension. Diffusion pressure deficit or suction force. In: Bahr, G.F., et al. Allgemeine Physiologie der Pflanzenzelle / General Physiology of the Plant Cell. Handbuch der Pflanzenphysiologie / Encyclopedia of Plant Physiology, vol 2. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-94676-9_4

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