Claim · model-written summary
Water loss differed by a factor of two to three across humidity conditions.
Zea maysVerbatim
e0“the amount of water lost by the plants under these conditions differed by a factor 2 to 3”
e1“Maize plants were grown with nutrients supplied at adequate levels in hydroculture or in soil at 50–60% and at >95% relative humidity”
e2“there was neither a decrease in growth (fresh weight and dry weight) nor in ash content of the ‘humid’plants”
Title
Does transpiration have an essential function in long‐distance ion transport in plants?
W. TANNER; H. BEEVERS Plant Cell & Environment 1990. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3040.1990.tb01089.x
Other claims from this paper (4)
- Intervention effect High humidity did not decrease maize fresh or dry weight.
- Intervention effect High humidity did not decrease maize ash content.
- Intervention effect The upper shoot also showed no decrease in growth or ash content under high humidity.
- Mechanism The authors suggest transpiration is not essential for long-distance mineral transport.