Chemical Control of Water Loss in Growing Plants
- 20 July 1962
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 137 (3525) , 224-225
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.137.3525.224
Abstract
Immersing the roots of growing strawberry plants in aqúeous solutions of 8-hydroxyquinoline sulfate closes the stomata, reduces water loss, and increases the time before complete wilting under drought conditions. Under such drought conditions plant survival and vigor are increased. Prolonged closing of the stomata seems to be the principal mode of action of the chemical.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
- The Water Output of the Guard Cells of the StomataPhysiologia Plantarum, 1957