title: Modification and quantitative analysis of the Münch model in the integrated system of water translocation in plants.
abstract: Aiming at making the Münch model more adequate to the biological reality we introduce certain modifications and complements. Considering the model within the framework of so-called integrated system of long-distance water transport in plants we present a quantitative analysis based on the Kedem-Katchalsky formalism. A new mathematical description of the reverse osmosis is also utilized. The work is a starting point for further quantitative studies and simulations of the phloem transport of water and assimilates in plants.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Physics, Swietokrzyska Academy, Kielce, Poland. kargol@pu.kielce.pl
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kargol
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Suchanek
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kargol
mesh_terms: D007700:Kinetics; D008433:Mathematics; D008954:Models, Biological; D018521:Plant Physiological Phenomena; D014867:Water / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D014867:Water