Water Transport in the Liana Bauhinia fassoglensis (Fabaceae).

نویسندگان

  • F W Ewers
  • J B Fisher
  • S T Chiu
چکیده

To determine the efficiency of xylem conductance in the liana (woody vine) Bauhinia fassoglensis Kotschy ex Schweinf., we measured hydraulic conductance per unit stem length (measured K(h)), leaf-specific conductivity (LSC = K(h)/distal leaf area), transpiration rate (E), xylem water potential (epsilon), vessel number, and vessel diameter. The measured K(h) was 49% (se = 7%) of the predicted K(h) from Poiseuille's law. The mean LSC for unbranched stem segments was 1.10 x 10(-8) square meters per megapascal per second (se = 0.07). LSCs were much lower (about 0.2) at branch junctions. At midday, with E at 7 x 10(-8) meters per second, the measured drop in epsilon was about 0.08 megapascal per meter along the stems and branches and about 0.27 megapascal in going from stem to leaf. In addition, there was a drop of about 0.20 megapascal at branch junctions as predicted by E/LSC. In diurnal measurements leaf epsilon never dropped below about -1.2 megapascal. For long (e.g. 16 meters) stems, the predicted mid-day drop in epsilon through the xylem transport system might be great enough to have substantial physiological impact.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Plant physiology

دوره 91 4  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 1989