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. 2013 Jun 19;4:184. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2013.00184

Table 1.

Measures of sieve tube hydrostatic pressures (MPa) using micromanometers glued to severed aphid stylets inserted into translocating sieve tubes, in specified plant organs and species.

Plant species Organ Hydrostatic pressure References
Hordeum vulgare Leaf 0.8–1.4 Gould et al., 2005
(Barley) Root 1.62 ± 0.05 Gould et al., 2004a
Sonchus oleraceus Leaf 1.0–1.5 Gould et al., 2005
(Sow thistle) Stem 0.7–1.0 Gould et al., 2004b
Triticum aestivum Peduncle 2.35 ± 0.56 Fisher and Cash-Clark, 2000b
(Wheat) Grain 1.16 ± 0.26
Salix babylonica Leaf 0.51–0.93 Wright and Fisher, 1980
(Willow) Bark strip 0.47–1.2 Wright and Fisher, 1983