Measurement of transpiration streams in plants

Environmental Control in Biology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 223-239

  Kitano, Masaharu ^a   Yasutake, Daisuke ^b   Araki, Takuya ^c  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Evaporative demand; Gas exchange; Root uptake; Stream; Transpiration; Water relations

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953729943     PISSN: 1880554X     EISSN: 18830986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2525/ecb.45.223     Document Type: Review

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