Claim · model-written summary
At an early ageing stage, declining photosynthesis is not related to lower-surface stomatal resistance.
- Taxon
- cotton
Gossypium hirsutume2 - Organ / stage
- lowere0
- Outcome
- decline in photosynthesise1
- Direction
- not relatede0
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Verbatim
e0“not related to the lower stomatal resistance”
e1“the decline in photosynthesis at an early stage of ageing”
e2“cotton leaves ( Gossypium hirsutum )”
Title
The Relation between Photosynthesis and Stomatal Resistance of Each Leaf Surface in Cotton Leaves
S. NAGARAJAH Physiologia Plantarum 1975. doi:10.1111/j.1399-3054.1975.tb01857.x
Other claims from this paper (10)
- Observation During ageing, upper-surface stomatal resistance increases before lower-surface resistance.
- Observation Upper-surface stomata may begin ageing before lower-surface stomata.
- Association At an early ageing stage, declining photosynthesis is negatively correlated with upper-surface stomatal resistance.
- Mechanism The initial decrease in photosynthesis and increase in upper-surface resistance occur simultaneously without a causal relation.
- Association At advanced ageing, lower-surface resistance increases and declining photosynthesis becomes related to resistance of both surfaces.
- Association Increasing illumination stepwise increases photosynthesis in relation to reduced resistance on each leaf surface.
- Observation At low light, lower-surface stomatal resistance is low while upper-surface resistance is relatively high.
- Association The resistance difference between surfaces decreases as light intensity increases.
- Observation Upper stomata appear to need higher light intensity to open than lower stomata.
- Association Stomatal resistance on both leaf surfaces is unrelated to stomatal frequency.