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Direct in vivo evidence of immense stem water exploitation in irrigated date palms

During the summer, evaporative demand at midday often exceeds the transport capacity of most desert plants. However, date palms maintain their ecological dominance with sustained and uniquely high rates of transpiration. This high rate of flow cannot be attributed to soil water supply alone. In orde...

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Autores principales: Sperling, Or, Shapira, Or, Schwartz, Amnon, Lazarovitch, Naftali
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4265166/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25336690
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jxb/eru421