| Literature DB >> 28306863 |
L Kappen1,2, O L Lange1,2, E -D Schulze1,2, M Evenari1,2,3, U Buschbom1,2.
Abstract
During the dry season in the Negev desert (Israel) Artemisia herbaalba in its natural habitat has a very low water content. It shows values of negative hydrostatic pressure in the xylem down to -163 bars and an extreme of osmotic potential in the leaves of -92 bars. The diurnal water stress does not decrease strongly in the night. Under these conditions Artemisia is still photosynthetically active for a few hours of the day during the whole dry period.Entities:
Year: 1972 PMID: 28306863 DOI: 10.1007/BF00347989
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Oecologia ISSN: 0029-8549 Impact factor: 3.225