transpiration

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As carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere increase, plants may need to open their stomata less frequently, leading to decreased transpiration and preserving more groundwater.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 20, 2024

As the air becomes hotter, it becomes easier for plants to lose water to transpiration, especially because photosynthesis occurs during daylight hours when temperatures are highest.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 20, 2024

So, she compared transpiration in fallowed fields to active fields across the Central Valley.

From Science Daily • Mar. 25, 2024

As one plant loses moisture through its leaves via transpiration, the neighboring plants benefit.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 17, 2024

The consequent arrest of the transpiration current and the proper supply of nutriment to the cambium and cortex explain the phenomena.

From Disease in Plants by Ward, H. Marshall