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0000-0002-0926-7495
Current Organisation
Washington State University
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Publisher: Sciencedomain International
Date: 10-01-2014
Publisher: Science Alert
Date: 15-12-2012
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 12-1994
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 06-07-2022
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 09-1994
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 25-07-2023
DOI: 10.1186/S12870-023-04378-6
Abstract: In plant water relations research, predawn leaf water potential (Ψ pd ) is often used as a proxy for soil water potential (Ψ soil ), without testing the underlying assumptions that nighttime transpiration is negligible and that enough time has passed for a hydrostatic equilibrium to be established. The goal of this research was to test the assumption Ψ pd = Ψ soil for field-grown grapevines. A field trial was conducted with 30 different cultivars of wine grapes grown in a single vineyard in arid southeastern Washington, USA, for two years. The Ψ pd and the volumetric soil water content (θ v ) under each s led plant were measured multiple times during several dry-down cycles. The results show that in wet soil (Ψ soil − 0.14 MPa or relative extractable water content, θ e 0.36), Ψ pd was significantly lower than Ψ soil for all 30 cultivars. Under dry soil conditions (Ψ soil − 0.14 MPa or θ e 0.36) Ψ pd lined up better with Ψ soil . There were differences between cultivars, but these were not consistent over the years. These results suggest that for wet soils Ψ pd of grapevines cannot be used as a proxy for Ψ soil , while the Ψ pd = Ψ soil assumption may hold for dry soils.
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 14-02-2020
DOI: 10.1111/JAC.12391
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 06-2019
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 1994
DOI: 10.1007/BF00185179
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 03-1995
Publisher: Sciencedomain International
Date: 10-01-2014
Location: Kenya
Location: Australia
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