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Title: Stomatal response and leaf injury of Pisum sativum L. with SO/sub 2/ and O/sub 3/ exposures. II. Influence of moisture stress and time of exposure

Journal Article · · Plant Physiol.; (United States)
OSTI ID:6524586

Stomatal response during exposure to SO/sub 2/ and O/sub 3/ and subsequent leaf injury were examined in plants of Pisum sativum L. Alsweet grown in a peat-vermiculite medium in controlled environment chambers. Plants developing under moisture stress, induced by drying the medium to 50% of field capacity, exhibited greater stomatal closure during exposures and less than one-fourth the necrosis compared to plants developing in a medium maintained at field capacity. Plants under moisture stress had only a slightly more negative plant water potential (approx. = 4.0 bars) than at field capacity (approx. = 3.4 bars). Plants exposed to pollutants for 2 hours near the beginning or end of a 16-hour light period had greater stomatal closure during exposures and less leaf necrosis than plants exposed during the middle of the light period.

Research Organization:
Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison
OSTI ID:
6524586
Journal Information:
Plant Physiol.; (United States), Vol. 67:3
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English