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Linking Auxin with Photosynthetic Rate via Leaf Venation.
Plant physiology - 1 Sept 2017
McAdam Scott A M, Eléouët Morgane P, Best Melanie, Brodribb Timothy J, Murphy Madeline Carins, Cook Sam D, Dalmais Marion, Dimitriou Theodore, Gélinas-Marion Ariane, Gill Warwick M, Hegarty Matthew, Hofer Julie M I, Maconochie Mary, McAdam Erin L, McGuiness Peter, Nichols David S, Ross John J, Sussmilch Frances C, Urquhart Shelley
Abstract excerpt
Land plants lose vast quantities of water to the atmosphere during photosynthetic gas exchange. In angiosperms, a complex network of veins irrigates the leaf, and it is widely held that the density and placement of these veins determines maximum leaf hydraulic capacity and thus maximum photosynthetic rate. This theory is largely based on interspecific comparisons and has never been tested using vein mutants to...
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