The banana (Musa sp.) plant is one of the largest monocotyledoneous terrestrial herbaceous plants in the world. The measurement of transpiration (Tr) for a whole banana plant is always difficult to ...

IN plant physiology potometry is still frequently considered a suitable method for measuring plant transpiration provided that the plant organs are cut under certain precautions, namely, under very ...

A proper mechanistic understanding of how whole-tree transpiration varies as a function of environmental conditions is essential for predicting how vegetation will respond to climate change, ...

A new study in the journal Nature Ecology & Evolution may help farmers irrigate crops more efficiently, with a better understanding of how much water is actually used beneficially by plants in a given ...