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The absorption and accumulation of solutes by living plant cells

III. The respiration of cut discs of potato tuber in air and immersed in water, with observations upon surface: Volume effects and salt accumulation

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In a previous paper (25) one of us (F.C.S.) has pointed out that accumulation of certain inorganic electrolytes by immersed potato tissue from dilute solutions is determined by those variables which also limit the aërobic respiration of the tissue. In order to understand fully the salt absorption by such tissues it is clearly imperative to know their respiratory behaviour under conditions identical with those adopted for the absorption work. A technique has already been described (26) which enables this to be done with adequate control of all the known variables which affect the respiration and salt accumulation of immersed storage tissue. The methods utilised in this paper were exclusively those already described.

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    F. C. Steward, R. Wright & W. E. Berry

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Steward, F.C., Wright, R. & Berry, W.E. The absorption and accumulation of solutes by living plant cells. Protoplasma 16, 576–611 (1932). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01638839

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