Transpiration was estimated in potted plants by leaf-level gas exchange techniques (infrared gas analyzer and porometer), by sap flow measurements, and by integrating leaf physiology and crown architecture with the 3-D computer model Yplant.
The complex interplay of leaf physiology and crown structure must be taken into account in scaling up plant transpiration from instantaneous, leaf-level measurements, and our study indicates that transpiration of complex crowns is easily overestimated.
Aquaporins also influence leaf physiology and leaf movements [ 9, 10], drought resistance [ 11], salt tolerance [ 12, 13] and fruit ripening [ 14] in plants.
Additionally, a focus on the transcriptomics of the A. deserti juvenile leaf confirms evolutionary conservation of monocotyledonous leaf physiology and development along the proximal-distal axis.
At the species level, this interest has been promoted by numerous studies finding significant correlations between wood traits and tree demographic rates (e.g. Poorter et al. 2008; Wright et al. 2010), and other tree life-history characteristics such as maximum tree size and leaf physiology and morphology (reviewed by Chave et al. 2009).
The capacity to predict operational gs via Anatomical gsmax and the pore-specific short-term response to [CO2 ] demonstrates a precise link between stomatal development and leaf physiology.
We identified non-linear relationships between gene expression and leaf physiology that suggest discrete thresholds at which gene expression changes abruptly during drought stress.
Linear regression was used to assess possible relationships between leaf morphology and physiology.
Duan, H. et al. Individual and interactive effects of drought and heat on leaf physiology of seedlings in an economically important crop.
Because the dense leaf hairs of IL-hairy would act as a blanket and thus affect leaf physiology, we measured daytime leaf surface temperatures.
