Aims Stornata can close to avoid cavitation under decreased soil water availability. This closure can be triggered by hydraulic ('H') and/or chemical signals ('C', 'H + C') By combining plant ...

The uptake of water can be measured using a potometer. Under normal circumstances, the rate of water uptake gives a measure of the rate of transpiration. A simple potometer is a piece of capillary ...

American Journal of Botany, Vol. 23, No. 5 (May, 1936), pp. 355-362 (8 pages) In an attempt to determine whether absorption and movement of water in plants may affect the rate of absorption and ...

The rainforest in the Amazon basin transpires vast amounts of gaseous isoprene. Until now, it was assumed that this molecule is not transported far up into the atmosphere, as it rapidly declines when ...