Fluctuations in leaf water balance, with a period of 1 to 10 minutes.
Water uptake into leaves, and water vapour efflux from leaves, were found to show short-term fluctuations. The fluctuations were observed in a number of parameters of leaf water metabolism. It is suggested that this behaviour is a result of time lags in the transmission of changes in water potential through the leaf.
Department of Botany, University of Adelaide, Box 498D, G.P.O., 5001, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
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