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Electroosmotic Flow

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Transport in Plants I

Part of the book series: Encyclopedia of Plant Physiology ((PLANT,volume 1))

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A theory of sieve-tube mechanism based on the phenomenon of electroosmosis was first put forward by D.S. Fensom in 1957. This suggested the diffusion of H+ ions as the cause of the emf’s required. The following year the present author (Spanner, 1958) put forward a theory based on the K+ ion and taking into account the newer knowledge of sieve-plate structure then becoming available. With modifications this theory is still current, and it is the one which will be discussed in the present chapter.

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    M. H. Zimmermann

  2. Department of Botany, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G 12 8QQ, Great Britain

    J. A. Milburn

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Spanner, D.C. (1975). Electroosmotic Flow. In: Zimmermann, M.H., Milburn, J.A. (eds) Transport in Plants I. Encyclopedia of Plant Physiology, vol 1. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-66161-7_13

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