"Plant Transpiration" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The loss of water vapor by plants to the atmosphere. It occurs mainly from the leaves through pores (stomata) whose primary function is gas exchange. The water is replaced by a continuous column of water moving upwards from the roots within the xylem vessels. (Concise Dictionary of Biology, 1990)
| Descriptor ID |
D018526
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| MeSH Number(s) |
G15.713
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| Concept/Terms |
Plant Transpiration- Plant Transpiration
- Plant Transpirations
- Transpiration, Plant
- Transpirations, Plant
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Plant Transpiration" by people in Profiles.
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Jaramillo RE, Nord EA, Chimungu JG, Brown KM, Lynch JP. Root cortical burden influences drought tolerance in maize. Ann Bot. 2013 Jul; 112(2):429-37.
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Zhu J, Brown KM, Lynch JP. Root cortical aerenchyma improves the drought tolerance of maize (Zea mays L.). Plant Cell Environ. 2010 May; 33(5):740-9.
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Isaacson T, Kosma DK, Matas AJ, Buda GJ, He Y, Yu B, Pravitasari A, Batteas JD, Stark RE, Jenks MA, Rose JK. Cutin deficiency in the tomato fruit cuticle consistently affects resistance to microbial infection and biomechanical properties, but not transpirational water loss. Plant J. 2009 Oct; 60(2):363-77.
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Ratnayaka HH, Molin WT, Sterling TM. Physiological and antioxidant responses of cotton and spurred anoda under interference and mild drought. J Exp Bot. 2003 Oct; 54(391):2293-305.