Leaf rolling and transpiration

doi:10.1016/0304-4211(79)90015-4

Plant Science Letters

Volume 16, Issue 1, September 1979, Pages 111-114

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Abstract

Change in leaf shape or form has often been enumerated as a means of reducing transpiration rate by plants experiencing water deficit. Transpiration rate of rice (Oryza sativa L.) leaves artificially rolled and measured by potometer substantiated this intuitive conclusion, while varying wind speed illustrated the dynamic nature and rapidity of the leaf rolling-transpiration rate relationship. This response may significantly augment the frequently reported response to water deficit of stomatal closure especially in the Gramineae in which leaf rolling is a common indication of water deficit.

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Leaf rolling and transpiration

Abstract

Adv. Agron.

Drought resistance mechanisms

Adaptation to drought: xerophytism