Claim · model-written summary
The base temperature for leaf expansion was 20 °C.
- Taxon
- cowpeas
Vigna unguiculatat0 - Outcome
- leaf expansione0
- Value
- 20 °Ce0
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Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Verbatim
e0“Base temperatures for leaf appearance and leaf expansion were 16 and 20 °C respectively”
t0“cowpeas (Vigna unguiculata)”
Title
E. J. Littleton; M. D. Dennett; J. Elston; et al. The Journal of Agricultural Science 1979. doi:10.1017/s0021859600037977
Other claims from this paper (9)
- Association Leaf area index increased quicker in warm seasons.
- Association Leaf death started sooner in warm seasons.
- Observation Individual leaves died while pods on the same node filled.
- Association Leaf appearance rate increased with temperature.
- Association Individual leaf expansion duration decreased with temperature.
- Observation A constant number of leaves expanded at one time.
- Association Mean individual leaf expansion rate increased with temperature.
- Association Final leaf size increased with temperature.
- Observation The base temperature for leaf appearance was 16 °C.