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Kenneth Shackel

Professor of plant Sciences/Pomology, UC Davis
Verified email at ucdavis.edu
Cited by 6828

Stem-water potential as a sensitive indicator of water stress in prune trees (Prunus domestica L. cv. French)

H McCutchan, KA Shackel - Journal of the American Society for …, 1992 - journals.ashs.org
The relative sensitivity of plant-and soil-based measures of water availability were compared
for prune trees subjected to a range of irrigation regimes under field conditions. Over the …

A reevaluation of the key factors that influence tomato fruit softening and integrity

…, R Xiaolin, JM Labavitch, KA Shackel… - Plant …, 2007 - academic.oup.com
The softening of fleshy fruits, such as tomato (Solanum lycopersicum), during ripening is
generally reported to result principally from disassembly of the primary cell wall and middle …

The dynamics of embolism repair in xylem: in vivo visualizations using high-resolution computed tomography

…, B Choat, MA Matthews, KA Shackel - Plant …, 2010 - academic.oup.com
Water moves through plants under tension and in a thermodynamically metastable state,
leaving the nonliving vessels that transport this water vulnerable to blockage by gas embolisms…

Plant water status as an index of irrigation need in deciduous fruit trees.

KA Shackel, H Ahmadi, W Biasi, R Buchner… - 1997 - cabidigitallibrary.org
In 1993, a survey of midday stem water potentials in several mature plum orchards in
California, USA, (chosen to include a wide range of soil conditions and irrigation system types) …

Measurement of vulnerability to water stress‐induced cavitation in grapevine: a comparison of four techniques applied to a long‐vesseled species

…, C Brodersen, MA Matthews, KA Shackel… - Plant, Cell & …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Among woody plants, grapevines are often described as highly vulnerable to water‐stress
induced cavitation with emboli forming at slight tensions. However, we found native embolism …

Developmental changes in the diurnal water budget of the grape berry exposed to water deficits

MD Greenspan, KA Shackel… - Plant, Cell & …, 1994 - Wiley Online Library
The diurnal water budget of developing grape (Vitis vinifera L.) berries was evaluated before
and after the onset of fruit ripening (veraison). The diameter of individual berries of potted ‘…

Cell turgor changes associated with ripening in tomato pericarp tissue

KA Shackel, C Greve, JM Labavitch… - Plant …, 1991 - academic.oup.com
The pressure microprobe was used to determine whether the turgor pressure in tomato (Lycopersicon
esculentum Mill., variety “Castelmart”) pericarp cells changed during fruit ripening. …

In Vivo Visualizations of Drought-Induced Embolism Spread in Vitis vinifera

…, AJ McElrone, B Choat, EF Lee, KA Shackel… - Plant …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Long-distance water transport through plant xylem is vulnerable to hydraulic dysfunction
during periods of increased tension on the xylem sap, often coinciding with drought. While the …

Functional xylem in the post-veraison grape berry

…, MA Matthews, KA Shackel - Journal of Experimental …, 2005 - academic.oup.com
A number of studies have shown a transition from a primarily xylem to a primarily phloem
flow of water as fleshy fruits develop, and the current hypothesis to explain this transition, …

Impact of heating on carrot firmness: contribution of cellular turgor

LC Greve, KA Shackel, H Ahmadi… - Journal of Agricultural …, 1994 - ACS Publications
The firmness of carrot root disks was measured after variousperiods of heating in boiling
water. Tissues lost more than half of their initial firmness within a few minutes. A second, much …