A portable system has been developed for measuring rates of photosynthesis and transpiration of Graminaceous leaves; it comprises a transparent chamber, into which the leaves are sealed, and a gas ...

Journal of Experimental Botany, Vol. 40, No. 219 (October 1989), pp. 1069-1078 (10 pages) The minute changes in volume of a grape berry which occur from hour to hour were measured non-destructively in ...

Researchers at Oregon State University, Texas A&M and Ghent University studied plant water use on a global scale across all climates. A new study in the journal Nature Ecology & Evolution may help ...

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THE “potétomètre” described in NATURE, May 22, p. 79, appears to be an ingenious but a rather complicated instrument. Experience has, however, taught me that the extremest simplicity is most desirable ...

TWO paper by Sir Francis Darwin (Proceedings of the Royal Society, B, vol. Ixxxvii.) mark an important advance in the study of the process of transpiration in plants. Hitherto, although transpiration ...