The banana (Musa sp.) plant is one of the largest monocotyledoneous terrestrial herbaceous plants in the world. The measurement of transpiration (Tr) for a whole banana plant is always difficult to ...

IN plant physiology potometry is still frequently considered a suitable method for measuring plant transpiration provided that the plant organs are cut under certain precautions, namely, under very ...

An energy budget method is described for using potometers to measure the minimum diffusion resistance to transpiration of excised leaves. The method is used to infer the transpiration rate of intact ...

Microscopic pores on the surface of leaves called stomata help plants “breathe” by controlling how much water they lose to evaporation. These stomatal pores also enable and control carbon dioxide ...

Plants exchange adaptive information, helping them to adjust to environmental challenges. Salt stress in plants, caused by ...

Particulate matter deposits on leaves increase plant transpiration and the risk of plants suffering from drought. Particulate matter could thus be contributing more strongly to tree mortality and ...