Effect of Evaporative Demand on Water Relations of Citrus limon
- 1 December 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Annals of Botany
- Vol. 46 (6) , 695-700
- https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.aob.a085966
Abstract
Conductance, transpirational flux and xylem pressure potential were measured in leaves of well-watered 5-year-old lemon trees (Citrus limon (L.) Burm. f.) subjected to different levels of evaporative demand. Increased leaf-to-air absolute humidity difference generally decreased stomatal conductance and increased xylem pressure potential, with a good correlation between the last two parameters; but this trend was reversed on days with very high evaporative demand, when stomata opened in spite of the low humidity.Keywords
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