Increasing leaf hydraulic conductance with transpiration rate minimizes the water potential drawdown from stem to leaf

Summary Under well-watered conditions leaf hydraulic conductance increases with transpiration rate. This reduces the water potential gradient in leaves and potentially improves productivity under daily variation in evaporative demand.

• Publication year

  2014

• Venue

  Journal of Experimental Botany

• Publication date

  2014-12-29

• Fields of study

  Biology, Agricultural and Food Sciences, Medicine, Environmental Science

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1093/jxb/eru481PMID 25547915PMCID 4339593
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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