Open AccessConservative Decrease in Water Potential in Existing Leaves during New Leaf Expansion in Temperate and Tropical Evergreen Quercus Species
Author(s) -
Takami Saito,
Beth Paul Naiola,
Ichiro Terashima
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
annals of botany
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.567
H-Index - 176
eISSN - 1095-8290
pISSN - 0305-7364
DOI - 10.1093/aob/mcm198
Subject(s) - evergreen , biology , turgor pressure , temperate climate , botany , shoot , horticulture
This study aimed at clarifying how the water potential gradient (deltapsi) is maintained in the shoots of evergreen trees with expanding leaves, whose leaf water potentials at the turgor loss point (psi(tlp)) are generally high.
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