Claim · model-written summary
Stomatal conductance returned to control levels after about 2.5 weeks following extended drought.
- Taxon
- Pinus radiata
Pinus radiatat0 - Treatment
- extended droughte0
- Outcome
- Stomatal conductancee0
- Direction
- returnede0
- Value
- 2.5 weekse0
- Comparator
- control levelse0
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Verbatim
e0“Stomatal conductance returned to control levels after $\sim$1.5 and 2.5 weeks following moderate and extended drought, respectively”
t0“Pinus radiata”
Title
Water stress and recovery dynamics of physiological function and growth in juvenile Pinus radiata
Dejan Firm; Damien Sellier; Warren Yorston Tree Physiology 2026. doi:10.1093/treephys/tpag051
Other claims from this paper (9)
- Observation Leaf function and stem growth fully recovered after drought release, with slower recovery after prolonged stress.
- Intervention effect Stomatal conductance returned to control levels after about 1.5 weeks following moderate drought.
- Observation Net CO2 assimilation recovered within about 1.5 weeks irrespective of drought duration.
- Observation Cambial activity resumed within days to a week after stem water reserves refilled.
- Observation Growth recovered rapidly even after very low water potentials and nearly two months of neutral or negative carbon balance.
- Observation Wood formation resumed ahead of photosynthetic recovery.
- Intervention effect Drought reduced total radial growth.
- Intervention effect Aboveground biomass gain remained comparable to well watered controls despite drought.
- Observation Post stress growth rates were 1.4 to 2.4 times pre stress rates.