were sampled from each cultivar by using inoculation treatment combinations at 0, 2, 4, 6, and 8 d after initiation of air temperature treatments. A disease rating and leaf yellowing rating were recorded for each liner based on the visually affected
., 1987 ). Therefore, leaf temperature is a potentially sensitive indicator of plant moisture stress. Using a simplified energy balance model ( Monteith, 1977 ), a sensitivity analysis of leaf temperature and transpiration can be performed. Assuming some
of cut under optimal or high temperature conditions. Mechanical plant leaf wounding causes both a local and systemic response. The major responses are for wound healing, reallocation of energy resources, or to prevent further attack, such as further
) severely limited the yield ( Table 1 ). The difference in productivity among the three temperatures was not attributable to leaf thickness, because leaf specific weight, indicated by leaf area per gram, did not show any significant difference among the
Abstract
The steady-state porometer has been acknowledged as the state of the art in assessing leaf diffusive conductance in the field (3). This Note alerts users of the SSP to its limitations as a field sensor of leaf temperature, a use for which it is neither intended nor suited. The fact that some recent studies have reported leaf temperatures obtained with the SSP system as part of their results (1,2, 4) is cause for concern.
responses to a wide range of key environmental factors including PPF , CO 2 , and temperature. However, limited information is available on garlic leaf physiology in the literature. Garlic has moderate to high N demand with an estimate of 80 to 170 kg·ha −1
temperature and fruiting on 1) ovary swelling and vegetative growth; 2) leaf net CER and the photosynthetic acclimation ability of leaves to LNT; and 3) soluble sugar and starch concentrations in ovaries at anthesis. Materials and Methods Plant material and
The commercial strawberry Frageria × ananassa and several clones of F. chiloensis and F. virginiana were preconditioned in growth chambers under the following conditions: 500 μmol m-7s-1 PAR and 20° day, 10° night or 30° day and 20° night. After at least 3 weeks of preconditioning at the two different temperature regimes, leaf photosynthetic rate (A) was determined for temperatures ranging from 10 to 35° in 2-3° increments with an open gas exchange system under laboratory conditions. The objective was to determine if F. virginiana and F. × ananassa can photosynthesize at higher temperatures than F. chiloensis, and if any of these would acclimate to higher temperatures. F. chiloensis did not acclimate to higher temperatures, and bad maximum A between 16 and 20°. F. virginiana did acclimate to higher temperatures, with maximum A for the low temp treatment between 18 and 24°, and for the high temp treatment between 24 and 30°. The commercial cultivars of `Earliglow' and `Redchief' acclimated to higher temperature and responded similar to F. virginiana.
( Jiang and Carrow, 2007 ). Responses of turfgrass to water deficit conditions can also be assessed by leaf or canopy temperature. Leaf temperature will be greater than ambient temperature when grasses are under drought stress as a result of reduced
increase grape temperature modestly, and thus have negligible negative impacts on grape metabolites important for red wine quality relative to grapes from shaded fruit zones. As part of a larger experiment that evaluated leaf removal effects on crop yield