IT has been assumed by those who have used a pulse of heat as an indicator to measure the rate of flow of sap in trees 1 that the speed of the sap is identical with that of the heat pulse.

The exact science of tree sap transport has puzzled plant physiologists for many years. Sap's migration throughout tree trunks and branches is linked heavily to transpiration, the movement and ...

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