Claim · model-written summary
After one hour of darkness during high-VPD heatwaves, stomatal conductance declined only 37–38%.
- Taxon
- wheat
Triticum aestivumt0 - Treatment
- High-VPD heatwavese0
- Outcome
- gswe0
- Direction
- reducinge0
- Value
- 37–38%e0
- Qualifier
- after 1 h of dark treatmente0
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Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“High-VPD heatwaves also hindered stomatal responses to light, with gsw only reducing by 37–38% after 1 h of dark treatment.”
t0“wheat”
Title
Future heatwave conditions inhibit CO2-induced stomatal closure in wheat
Caine, R.S.; Khan, M.S.; Shan, Y.; et al. White Rose Research Online (University of Leeds, The University of Sheffield, University of York) 2026
Other claims from this paper (6)
- Intervention effect Transpiration increased during high-VPD heatwaves regardless of CO2 or fertiliser.
- Intervention effect Stomatal conductance increased during high-VPD heatwaves regardless of CO2 or fertiliser.
- Intervention effect Abaxial leaf surface water fluxes increased during heatwaves.
- Association Higher transpiration and water use increased wheat drought vulnerability.
- Association Higher transpiration and water use reduced total ear weight.
- Intervention effect Wheat stomata were inhibited from closing under high CO2 and high-VPD heatwaves.