Leaf water content and palisade cell size

Water stress of sugarbeet as related to leaf and canopy temperatures and to leaf Water content

Leaf water content and hormone effects on ribonuclease activity.

In barley (Hordeum vulgare) leaves in which the water balance was not hampered, kinetin and abscisic acid effected the well documented decrease and increase, respectively, in RNase activity. When the plants were exposed to water shortage, leaf-water saturation deficit increased steadily, with kinetin enhancing and abscisic acid retarding the rise. Under drought, the pattern of hormonal effects ...

Chloride regulates leaf cell size and water relations in tobacco plants.

Chloride (Cl(-)) is a micronutrient that accumulates to macronutrient levels since it is normally available in nature and actively taken up by higher plants. Besides a role as an unspecific cell osmoticum, no clear biological roles have been explicitly associated with Cl(-) when accumulated to macronutrient concentrations. To address this question, the glycophyte tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L. v...

Leaf and shoot water content and leaf dry matter content of Mediterranean woody species with different post-fire regenerative strategies.

BACKGROUND AND AIMS Post-fire regeneration is a key process in Mediterranean shrubland dynamics, strongly determining the functional properties of the community. In this study, a test is carried out to determine whether there is co-variation between species regenerative types and functional attributes related to water use. METHODS An analysis was made of the seasonal variations in leaf relati...

Functional statistical techniques applied to vine leaf water content determination

A statistical analysis of functional data, obtained as reflectance values measured using a hyperspectral sensor, was used to determine water content in vine leaves. Our study was conducted using a sample of 80 vine leaves whose water content was determined by calculating the weight difference between leaves before and after drying in an oven. Two regression models, one linear and the other non-...