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Relations Between Transpiration, Leaf Temperatures, And Some Environmental Factors, Ronald Kay Tew
Relations Between Transpiration, Leaf Temperatures, And Some Environmental Factors, Ronald Kay Tew
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
Transpiration is the loss of water in vapor form from a plant. This is essentially the same process as evaporation except that it is modified by plant structure. Large quantities of water are removed from the soil, transferred through the conducting tissues of the plant, and dissipated into the air each day. As soon as the water is lost to the atmosphere, it becomes unavailable for human use.
The Influence Of Temperature On The Impedance To Water Flow Through Plants, Royal Duane Jensen
The Influence Of Temperature On The Impedance To Water Flow Through Plants, Royal Duane Jensen
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
This era has been termed the atomic or space age. The greatest concern of most people seems to be centered around survival from the destruction and suffering that might be caused by atomic and nuclear weapons. However, along with this, the world is confronted with perhaps a greater disaster--a potential calamity seldom realized by most people, yet a problem which grows more serious in the world each year--a tragedy which would probably be worse than destruction from nuclear weapons. This encroaching catastrophe is starvation.
Even today the majority of the people in the world do not have enough food. Each …