Leaf water potential-dependent leaflet closure contributes to legume leaves cool down and drought avoidance under diurnal drought stress

Feng, XY; Zhong, LF; Tian, QY; Zhao, WZ

Zhao, WZ (通讯作者),Chinese Acad Sci, Northwest Inst Ecoenvironm & Resources, Key Lab Ecohydrol Inland River Basin, Linze Inland River Basin Res Stn, Lanzhou 730000, Peoples R China.

TREE PHYSIOLOGY, 2022; 42 (11): 2239

Abstract

Efficient thermoregulation under diurnal drought stress protects leaves from photosystem damage and water supply-demand imbalance, yet the cool effect......

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