A Re-Examination of the Relative Turgidity Technique for Estimating Water Deficits in Leaves
Open Access
- 1 January 1962
- journal article
- research article
- Published by CSIRO Publishing in Australian Journal of Biological Sciences
- Vol. 15 (3) , 413-428
- https://doi.org/10.1071/bi9620413
Abstract
The relative turgidity technique consists in comparing the initial and turgid water contents, on a percentage basis, of disks punched from leaves, the turgid water content being obtained by floating the disks on water.Keywords
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