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- From: MEK104@psuvm.psu.edu
- Newsgroups: bionet.plants
- Subject: Re: super-optimal stomatal conductance
- Message-ID: <92321.122539MEK104@psuvm.psu.edu>
- Date: 16 Nov 92 17:25:39 GMT
- Organization: Penn State University
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- ajt@uk.ac.sari.rri (Tony Travis) wrote:
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- >I agree with you about 'sacrificing' water for mineral uptake - we tend to
- >dwell on water use efficiency as if water is *allways* in short supply.
- >One thing people tend to forget about is winter drought though (when the
- >available water is frozen).
-
- >It isn't in short supply here, today, in Scotland ;-)
-
- I for one certainly don't tend to consider the effect of winter drought,
- mostly because I usually work with deciduous species. But I have done some
- Douglas-fir water relations work, a species which is known to transpire
- during winter, at least on the West Coast of the US. I don't know if thats
- the case with conifers here in the east, or in the inter-mountain region.
- You're suggesting, perhaps, that 'self stressing' may be a means of drought
- hardening?
-
- Its been suggested that low leaf water content or potential does not always
- indicate a 'stress', but may simply reflect high photosynthetic rate (via
- open stomata). The argument is that stomata would close if the leaf were
- stressed.
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- Mark Kubiske < MEK104@PSUVM.PSU.EDU >
- School of Forest Resources
- Penn State University
-