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. 2010 Dec 23;107(5):805–815. doi: 10.1093/aob/mcq244

Table 2.

Sink and source parameters identified from measurement data with the inverse method

Parameter Definition Units
Pp, Pi, Pf Organ sink strength (cf. eqn 1) g
bb, bp, bi, bf* Organ sink variation parameter (cf. eqn 2)
SP Characteristic surface of an individual plant (cf. eqn 4) cm2
r Water use efficiency (cf. eqn 4) mg cm−2 mmPET−1

* b, lamina; p, petiole; i, internode; f, fruit.