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 ...

Earth systems models are an important tool for studying complex processes occurring around the planet, such as those in and between the atmosphere and biosphere, and they help researchers and ...