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  1. On the path from xylem hydraulic failure to downstream cell death

    Article • New Phytologist, October 2022, Wiley

    Dr Jose M. Torres-Ruiz

  2. Xylem resistance to embolism: presenting a simple diagnostic test for the open vessel artefact

    Article • New Phytologist, May 2017, Wiley

    Dr Jose M. Torres-Ruiz, Professor Steven Jansen

  3. A synthesis of radial growth patterns preceding tree mortality

    Article • Global Change Biology, November 2016, Wiley

    Dr Jose M. Torres-Ruiz, Dr Henrik Hartmann, Dr. Frederic Lens, Katarina Cufar

  4. Direct observation and modelling of embolism spread between xylem conduits: a case study in Scots pine

    Article • Plant Cell & Environment, November 2016, Wiley

    Dr Jose M. Torres-Ruiz, Prof Maurizio Mencuccini

  5. Evidence for Hydraulic Vulnerability Segmentation and Lack of Xylem Refilling under Tension

    Article • PLANT PHYSIOLOGY, September 2016, American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB)

    Dr Jose M. Torres-Ruiz

  6. Time of irrigation affects vine water relations and the daily patterns of leaf gas exchanges and vascular flows to kiwifruit (Actinidia deliciosa Chev.)

    Article • Agricultural Water Management, March 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Jose M. Torres-Ruiz

  7. Are needles of Pinus pinaster more vulnerable to xylem embolism than branches? New insights from X-ray computed tomography

    Article • Plant Cell & Environment, December 2015, Wiley

    Dr Jose M. Torres-Ruiz, Hugh Morris

  8. Balancing the risks of hydraulic failure and carbon starvation: a twig scale analysis in declining Scots pine

    Article • Plant Cell & Environment, June 2015, Wiley

    Dr Jose M. Torres-Ruiz, Prof Maurizio Mencuccini, Yann Salmon

  9. Direct X-Ray Microtomography Observation Confirms the Induction of Embolism upon Xylem Cutting under Tension

    Article • PLANT PHYSIOLOGY, November 2014, American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB)

    Dr Jose M. Torres-Ruiz, Hugh Morris

  10. Role of hydraulic and chemical signals in leaves, stems and roots in the stomatal behaviour of olive trees under water stress and recovery conditions

    Article • Tree Physiology, July 2014, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Jose M. Torres-Ruiz

  11. Regulation of photosynthesis and stomatal and mesophyll conductance under water stress and recovery in olive trees: correlation with gene expression of carbonic anhydrase and aquaporins

    Article • Journal of Experimental Botany, May 2014, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Jose M. Torres-Ruiz

  12. Vulnerability to cavitation inOlea europaeacurrent-year shoots: further evidence of an open-vessel artifact associated with centrifuge and air-injection techniques

    Article • Physiologia Plantarum, April 2014, Wiley

    Dr Jose M. Torres-Ruiz

  13. Shoot hydraulic characteristics, plant water status and stomatal response in olive trees under different soil water conditions

    Article • Plant and Soil, June 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Jose M. Torres-Ruiz

  14. A regulated deficit irrigation strategy for hedgerow olive orchards with high plant density

    Article • Plant and Soil, May 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Jose M. Torres-Ruiz

  15. Is the productive performance of olive trees under localized irrigation affected by leaving some roots in drying soil?

    Article • Agricultural Water Management, May 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Jose M. Torres-Ruiz

  16. Steps toward an improvement in process-based models of water use by fruit trees: A case study in olive

    Article • Agricultural Water Management, November 2012, Elsevier

    Dr Jose M. Torres-Ruiz

  17. Concomitant measurements of stem sap flow and leaf turgor pressure in olive trees using the leaf patch clamp pressure probe

    Article • Agricultural Water Management, November 2012, Elsevier

    Dr Jose M. Torres-Ruiz

  18. Assessing water stress in a hedgerow olive orchard from sap flow and trunk diameter measurements

    Article • Irrigation Science, June 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Jose M. Torres-Ruiz

  19. Improving xylem hydraulic conductivity measurements by correcting the error caused by passive water uptake

    Article • Physiologia Plantarum, April 2012, Wiley

    Dr Jose M. Torres-Ruiz

  20. Vulnerability curves by centrifugation: is there an open vessel artefact, and are ‘r’ shaped curves necessarily invalid?

    Article • Plant Cell & Environment, November 2011, Wiley

    Dr Jose M. Torres-Ruiz

  21. Online-monitoring of tree water stress in a hedgerow olive orchard using the leaf patch clamp pressure probe

    Article • Agricultural Water Management, November 2011, Elsevier

    Dr Jose M. Torres-Ruiz

  22. Use of maximum trunk diameter measurements to detect water stress in mature ‘Arbequina’ olive trees under deficit irrigation

    Article • Agricultural Water Management, October 2011, Elsevier

    Dr Jose M. Torres-Ruiz

  23. Combining sap flow and trunk diameter measurements to assess water needs in mature olive orchards

    Article • Environmental and Experimental Botany, September 2011, Elsevier

    Dr Jose M. Torres-Ruiz

  24. Assessment of trunk diameter variation derived indices as water stress indicators in mature olive trees

    Article • Agricultural Water Management, September 2010, Elsevier

    Dr Jose M. Torres-Ruiz