骆驼蓬提取物对玉米种子萌发和壮苗的影响

用不同浓度骆驼蓬提取物浸种处理玉米,研究对玉米种子萌发和壮苗的影响。结果表明,浸种处理后玉米种子的萌发及胚根和胚芽生长明显受抑,且随处理浓度提高抑制增强;但随培养时间的延长,对萌发的抑制减弱,根长和株高增加。0．1g／mL、0．2g／mL、0．3g／mL浓度的骆驼蓬提取液浸种可显著提高玉米幼苗根系活力,促进植株生长,根体积和植株生物量增加,根苗比增大。     

玉米幼苗地下部／根间氮的循环及其基因型差异

以两个玉米（Zea mays L.）自交系原引1号（YY1）和综31（Z31）为研究材料,采用盆裁土培的培养方法,在正常供氮（HN,K0．15gN/kg干土）和低氮量供应（ON,0.038gN/kg干土）培养条件下对玉米幼苗植株体内氮的循环量及其他在地上部／根间的分配量进行了定量地测定、计算。结果表明,在玉米幼苗地上部／根间氮的循环量很高。低氮量供应使玉米幼苗植株吸氮量下降,根中氮的分配比例增加,同时地上部／根间氮的循环量也随之减少。与氮低效自交系Z31相比,氮高效自交系YY1幼苗中地上部／根间的氮循环量大、氮向根的分配量高,因而有利于其根系的生长,表现为根／地上部之比和部根长较高。这可能有利于其中后期对氮素的高效吸收与利用。     

氮素营养对小麦根冠协调生长的调控

在植物生长箱通过溶液培养方式,对不同氮素条件下不同抗旱性的小麦品种西农1043和小偃6号的幼苗根苗生长特性进行了研究,结果表明在不同氮素浓度下,氮肥用量的提高对地上部干重和叶片气体交换参数表现为增效效应,当用量增至一定程度时,地上部干重和叶片气体交换参数均呈下降趋势,只是各自的适宜用量存在差异。培养介质氮素浓度低时,有利于小麦根系干重累积,培养介质氮素浓度高时,不利于根系干重累积。西农1043和小偃6号根长分布基本相似,水分利用效率随着根冠比的增大而降低。小麦根冠比的增加并不利于叶片水分利用效率的提高,而叶片光合作用最优的根冠比为0．5左右。     

氯苯胁迫对蚕豆幼苗生长和细胞分裂的影响

研究了1,2,4-三氯苯(TCB)对蚕豆幼苗生长、根尖细胞分裂及染色体畸变的影响．结果表明,随TCB浓度增加和处理时间延长,蚕豆幼苗根长的生长及根尖细胞有丝分裂指数降低甚至停止．TCB诱发蚕豆根尖细胞有丝分裂过程中染色体数目畸变和结构畸变．50-100μg.g^-1TCB胁迫12-24h,蚕豆根尖染色体的主要损伤形式为c-有丝分裂、染色体桥和不均匀排列,其出现百分率达1．0％--10.3％．300μg.g^-1TCB胁迫12-96h,蚕豆根尖细胞中染色体粘连(S)、S+染色体断裂(S+B)、S+染色体环(S+R)、S+染色体不均匀排列(S+A)及S+染色体桥(S+Be)出现的百分率达47．9％--88.9％,各种类型染色体断裂出现的百分率仅为18．1％--29．6％,说明蚕豆根尖细胞染色体畸变分析可作为TCB土壤污染监测的敏感生物监测指标．     

油菜对3种作物种子萌发和幼苗生长的化感作用

油菜是我国重要的绿肥作物,除增加土壤肥力外,对后茬作物也有一定的化感作用。本文研究了不同浓度油菜浸提液(0.025、0.05和0.1 g·mL^-1)对3种作物(燕麦、玉米和向日葵)种子萌发、幼苗生长及生理生化的影响。结果表明: 油菜浸提液对3种作物种子发芽率的影响不显著,但对燕麦有“低促高抑”的趋势,对向日葵有抑制的趋势。油菜浸提液高浓度处理对燕麦幼苗根和茎长、玉米幼苗茎长以及向日葵幼苗根长起抑制作用,低浓度处理对玉米幼苗根茎长起促进作用。燕麦和向日葵幼苗在浸提液浓度为0.05 g·mL^-1时蛋白质含量最大,玉米在0.025 g·mL^-1时蛋白质含量最大,显著高于对照。3个浓度下,向日葵脯氨酸含量均显著降低,玉米脯氨酸含量在浓度为0.05 g·mL^-1时显著高于对照。玉米过氧化物酶(POD)活性在浸提液浓度为0.05 g·mL^-1时最大,向日葵POD活性在浓度为0.025 g·mL^-1时最大,与对照有显著差异,其余浓度处理与对照无显著差异。油菜浸提液浓度为0.025 g·mL^-1时显著降低了燕麦超氧化物歧化酶(SOD)活性,3种作物幼苗过氧化氢酶(CAT)活性与对照均无显著差异。加入油菜浸提液后,向日葵幼苗丙二醛(MDA)含量在浓度为0.1 g·mL^-1时显著增加,玉米幼苗MDA含量在不同浓度处理下均显著低于对照。综合分析,油菜浸提液对向日葵的化感抑制作用最强,其次为玉米、燕麦。     

不同施氮量和分施比例对棉花幼苗生长和水分利用效率的影响及其根源ABA调控效应

研究了分根交替供水(APRI)条件下不同施氮量(高氮HN 200kg/hm~2、中氮MN 120kg/hm~2和低氮LN 80kg/hm~2)和分区氮肥施用比例(1:3,2:2和0:4)处理下,经历干旱胁迫后棉花幼苗(品种:汴棉5号)株高、茎粗、根冠生物量、气体交换参数、水分利用效率(WUE)、总根长和根系表面积以及根源脱落酸(ABA)含量的变化。以期进一步明确根源ABA对棉花幼苗生长和WUE调控的生理生态效应。结果表明:施氮量和氮肥分施显著增强了干旱条件下根源ABA对棉花幼苗生长和WUE的调控作用,但根源ABA对氮利用效率无显著影响。高氮处理下棉花幼苗生长受到干旱的影响最小,具有最好的生长状态和最大的根源ABA含量,但其WUE最低;而低氮处理下的棉花幼苗生长最弱但具有最大的WUE。无论施氮量为何,0:4施氮比例棉花幼苗在干旱条件下生长最弱,1:3施氮比例幼苗则生长最好,且具有最大的WUE和根源ABA含量、根系总长度和表面积;2:2和1:3施氮比例的棉花幼苗在根冠生长和叶面积上未表现出明显的差异;0:4和1:3施肥比例的棉花幼苗在气孔导度、蒸腾速率、WUE和根源ABA含量上差异不明显。因此,施用氮肥以及适当施肥比例能够诱导根源ABA产生更强的信号作用,调控棉花幼苗减少水分消耗、维持更好的根系形态(根长和表面积以及细根比例的维持和增长)和光合能力来维系干旱条件下植株更好的生长和更高的WUE,尤其1:3施肥比例下。虽然干旱条件下低氮耦合1:3施氮比例具有最大的WUE,但中氮耦合1:3施氮处理可以在得到最高生物量的同时得到较高的WUE,同时做到高产、省水和节约氮肥。     

盐分、温度及其互作对羊草种子发芽率和幼苗生长的影响

羊草是多年生优质牧草,也是中国松嫩平原的优势建群植物。研究了羊草种子在8种浓度（0、50、100、150、200、300、400和500mmol／L）NaCl胁迫及将胁迫解除后在3种变温（16／28℃、5／28℃和5／35℃）条件下的发芽率以及幼苗的生长变化。双因素方差分析表明,NaCl胁迫解除前后盐浓度、温度及其互作均极显著影响羊草种子萌发和幼苗生长。胁迫解除前,在3种温度下,羊草种子发芽率最高出现在没有盐胁迫的条件下,随着NaCl浓度的增加,发芽率呈下降趋势。5／28℃下,NaCl溶液对种子萌发抑制最小,浓度达到200mmol／L时,仍有25．3％的种子萌发;在5／35℃下,对种子萌发抑制作用最大,浓度超过100mmol／L时,种子萌发被完全抑制;16／28℃的处理介于二者之间。胁迫解除后,羊草种子在3种温度下发芽趋势不同。16／28℃下表现为NaCl浓度较大的处理发芽率较高,5／28℃下则呈先上升（0～150mmol/L）后基本保持不变趋势;5／35℃下则呈先上升后下降趋势。盐胁迫下,羊草幼苗在16／28℃变温下生长最好,其次为5／28℃,5／35℃生长最差。盐胁迫解除后,16／28℃和5／28℃下,0～100mmol／LNaCl处理的幼苗根长和苗长随浓度增加而显著上升,大于此浓度变化较小;在5／35℃下,100mmol/LNaCl处理的幼苗根长和苗长最大,而浓度大于100mmol／L时,则随着NaCl浓度增加呈下降趋势。     

铜胁迫对拟南芥幼苗生长和基因组DNA甲基化的影响

通过Murashige and Skoog(MS)培养实验,利用甲基化敏感扩增多态性(methylation-sensitive amplified polymorphism,MSAP)技术研究Cu2+胁迫对拟南芥幼苗基因组DNA甲基化水平与甲基化模式的变化,同时比较其与幼苗鲜重、根系生长对Cu2+胁迫的敏感性。结果表明:0、0.25、1.0 mg獉L-1Cu2+处理15 d后,幼苗根长及鲜重变化差异不显著,而幼苗基因组MSAP率随Cu2+浓度的增加呈先增高后降低的趋势,分别为15.93%、16.28%和15.83%;高浓度Cu2+胁迫下(3.0 mg獉L-1),根长显著变短,鲜重显著降低,MSAP率为14.26%;Cu2+胁迫(0.25~3.0 mg獉L-1)下,拟南芥幼苗基因组超甲基化(M型)位点及去甲基化(D型)位点数均呈显著增加趋势,Msp I酶较Hpa II酶对胁迫反应更敏感。因此,拟南芥幼苗MSAP变化对低浓度Cu2+胁迫响应敏感,可作为Cu污染的早期诊断和生态风险评价。     

脉冲电泳技术介导玉米转基因研究

本研究采用脉冲电泳技术进行外源基因转化玉米种胚并直接成苗,分析了不同参数对种子出苗率的影响,通过除草剂抗性初步筛选,再进行：PCR检测,结果表明不同电泳时间对种子出苗率影响显著,外源DNA浓度对种子出苗率影响不显著,确定了除草剂对玉米幼苗(3～4叶期)适宜筛选浓度为50μg／ml,To代植株除草剂处理存活率与外源基因导入率呈显著相关(r=0．9623),且与外源DNA浓度呈二次曲线关系,近似于正态分布,外源质粒DNA浓度为300μg／ml时,外源基因导入率达最大值,为11．36％。     

施氮对干旱胁迫下毛竹幼苗生物量和根系形态的影响

为探讨氮素添加对水分胁迫下毛竹幼苗地上生物量及地下根系形态的调控作用,选取1年生毛竹实生苗为材料,采用水分和施氮双因素完全随机区组设计,以田间持水量的80%～85%作为水分对照(CK)、50%～55%为中度干旱(MD)、30%～35%为重度干旱(HD)设置3个水分水平,氮处理分未施氮(N0,0 mg N·kg^-1)和施氮(N1,100 mg N·kg^-1)2个水平,通过盆栽试验,测定毛竹实生苗根系形态特征及各器官生物量。结果显示：施氮显著增加了同一水分下毛竹幼苗叶、根及整株生物量,其中,N1MD和N1HD分别较N0MD和N0HD地上生物量增加15.6%、11.9%,总生物量分别增加36.7%、25.0%(P<0.05);施氮降低了相同水分处理下毛竹的比根长、茎叶比,显著促进了中度和重度干旱下根冠比的增加(P<0.05);水分胁迫下,除根生物量比显著增加外,茎、叶生物量比均随氮素添加呈减小的趋势;施氮对毛竹幼苗根系形态特征(根长、根表面积、根体积)具有不同程度的促进作用;施氮对中度干旱下毛竹幼苗干物质积累的缓解作用比重度干旱大,但在...     

Effect of imazapic residues on photosynthetic traits and chlorophyll fluorescence of maize seedlings

The influence of various concentrations of imazapic residues (0–800 μg kg^–1) on the growth, chlorophyll content, and photosynthetic characteristics of maize seedlings was studied in a greenhouse pot experiment. Plant height, root length, shoot dry mass, root dry mass, and total dry mass of maize declined with the increase of imazapic residue concentrations. The root/shoot ratio initially decreased and then increased in presence of imazapic, which indicated that the effects of imazapic residues on plant height and root length might differ in maize seedlings. Lowered chlorophyll content and net photosynthetic rate were observed in leaves of maize seedlings in all treatments and indicated a dose-response relationship to imazapic concentrations. Intercellular carbon dioxide concentration, transpiration rate, and stomatal conductance also declined to varying extents, but the chlorophyll a/b ratio increased gradually together with the increase of imazapic residue concentrations. Generally, the maize seedlings were negatively affected by the imazapic residues in soil. Response of root length and biomass to imazapic residues could be the important index for maize variety selection.     

土壤水分变化对长白山主要树种蒙古栎幼树生长的影响

选择长白山红松阔叶林主要优势树种蒙古栎为研究对象,人工控制3种施水量研究蒙古栎幼树形态、生物量效应和光合生理特征对土壤含水量变化的响应．结果表明,不同土壤含水量变化显著影响蒙古栎叶片、枝、根的生物量及其分配格局和叶片光合气体交换特征．水分胁迫改变幼树树冠结构,抑制幼树树高、地径、叶片大小、地上和地下生物量;同时,蒙古栎幼树根冠生物量比随着土壤水分含量的减少显著提高;供水量减少对幼树净光合速率、CO2利用率和碳利用率等特征有显著的负向影响;而叶片气孔导度、蒸腾速率和水分利用率对不同土壤含水量反应较复杂,只在土壤含水量较低时,幼树气孔导度、蒸腾速率明显降低,叶片水分利用率升高,表现出蒙古栎树种是干旱可变植物,长期水分胁迫可提高树种的耐旱能力．     

Effects of soil structural discontinuity on root and shoot growth and water use of maize

The role of roots penetrating various undisturbed soil horizons beneath loose layer in water use and shoot growth of maize was evaluated in greenhouse experiment. 18 undisturbed soil columns 20 cm in diameter and 20 cm in height were taken from the depths 30–50 cm and 50–70 cm from a Brown Lowland soil, a Pseudogley and a Brown Andosol (3 columns from each depth and soil). Initial resistance to penetration in undisturbed soil horizons varied from 2.5 to 8.9 MPa while that in the loose layer was 0.01 MPa. The undisturbed horizons had a major effect on vertical arrangement of roots. Root length density in loose layer varied from 96 to 126 km m^-3 while in adjacent stronger top layers of undisturbed horizons from 1.6 to 20.0 km m^-3 with higher values in upper horizons of each soil. For specific root length, the corresponding ranges were 79.4–107.7 m g^-1 (on dry basis) and 38.2–63.7 m g^-1, respectively. Ratios of root dry weight per unit volume of soil between loose and adjacent undisturbed layers were much lower than those of root length density indicating that roots in undisturbed horizons were produced with considerably higher partition of assimilates. Root size in undisturbed horizons relative to total roots was from 1.1 to 38.1% while water use from the horizons was from 54.1 to 74.0%. Total water use and shoot growth were positively correlated with root length in undisturbed soil horizons. There was no correlation between shoot growth and water use from the loose layers.     

一氧化氮对水分胁迫下玉米种子萌发及幼苗生理特性的影响

以0.4mol/L的甘露醇(M)模拟水分胁迫状况,研究了外源一氧化氮(NO)供体硝普钠(SNP)对水分胁迫下玉米种子萌发、幼苗生长和生理特性的影响。结果表明:(1)水分胁迫下,玉米种子萌发和幼苗生长受到抑制,叶片丙二醛(MDA)含量、质膜相对透性、脯氨酸含量均显著增加;(2)SNP能显著提高水分胁迫下玉米种子的发芽率、发芽势、发芽指数和活力指数,增加玉米幼苗的根长、茎长、根重和整株干重,抑制水分胁迫下玉米幼苗叶片MDA含量的上升,降低叶片质膜相对透性,降低脯氨酸含量。其中以100μmol/L和200μmol/LSNP对水分胁迫的缓解效果最佳。     

Influence of arbuscular mycorrhizae on photosynthesis and water status of maize plants under salt stress

The influence of arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungus Glomus mosseae on characteristics of the growth, water status, chlorophyll concentration, gas exchange, and chlorophyll fluorescence of maize plants under salt stress was studied in the greenhouse. Maize plants were grown in sand and soil mixture with five NaCl levels (0, 0.5, 1.0, 1.5, and 2.0 g/kg dry substrate) for 55 days, following 15 days of non-saline pretreatment. Under salt stress, mycorrhizal maize plants had higher dry weight of shoot and root, higher relative chlorophyll content, better water status (decreased water saturation deficit, increased water use efficiency, and relative water content), higher gas exchange capacity (increased photosynthetic rate, stomatal conductance and transpiration rate, and decreased intercellular CO(2) concentration), higher non-photochemistry efficiency [increased non-photochemical quenching values (NPQ)], and higher photochemistry efficiency [increased the maximum quantum yield in the dark-adapted state (Fv/Fm), the maximum quantum yield in the light-adapted sate (Fv'/Fm'), the actual quantum yield in the light-adapted steady state (varphiPSII) and the photochemical quenching values (qP)], compared with non-mycorrhizal maize plants. In addition, AM symbiosis could trigger the regulation of the energy biturcation between photochemical and non-photochemical events reflected in the deexcitation rate constants (kN, kN', kP, and kP'). All the results show that G. mosseae alleviates the deleterious effect of salt stress on plant growth, through improving plant water status, chlorophyll concentration, and photosynthetic capacity, while the influence of AM symbiosis on photosynthetic capacity of maize plants can be indirectly affected by soil salinity and mycorrhizae-mediated enhancement of water status, but not by the mycorrhizae-mediated enhancement of chlorophyll concentration and plant biomass.     

喀斯特峰丛洼地区坡地不同土地利用方式下土壤水分的时空变异特征

基于典型喀斯特峰丛洼地坡面土地利用方式试验火烧、刈割、刈割除根、封育、种植桂牧1号、种植玉米(面积分别为20m×70m)控制性试验建设,通过网格法(5 m×5 m)采样,用经典统计学和地统计学方法,分析了6种土地利用方式下(火烧、刈割、刈割除根、封育、种植桂牧1号、种植玉米)表层土壤水分在不同季节的空间变异特征。结果表明:喀斯特峰丛洼地土壤含水量均很高,雨季显著大于旱季,雨季为火烧封育、刈割除根玉米、桂牧1号刈割,旱季为刈割、火烧、刈割除根桂牧1号、封育玉米,均呈中等至强度变异,且含水量越低变异越大;不同土地利用方式土壤水分的自相关函数均呈由正向负方向发展的相同趋势,但拐点不同,且旱季大于雨季,不同土地利用方式旱季、雨季土壤水分的最佳拟合模型不同,但均呈中等或强烈的空间相关性,变程为6.8—213 m,且旱季大于雨季;同一土地利用方式旱季、雨季表层土壤水空间格局相似,不同土地利用方式空间格局则不同,因此在该区域进行植被恢复和生态重建时应采取不同的水资源利用策略。     

Growth effects of the vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizal fungusGlomus constrictum on maize plants in pot trials

Maize plants were inoculated withGlomus constrictum in soil of low phosphorus content amended with five rates of P in the form of Ca₃(PO₄)₂. Maize dry matter yield was increased by addition of P up to 30 and/or 60 mg P/kg soil, above that it began to decrease to reach at 100 mg P/kg a value similar to that of the control. At all P levels used, the shoot and root (total plant) dry mass of inoculated plants was significantly increased compared with the non-inoculated controls and this increment ranged in some cases between 50 and 70%. Development of vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus (VAM) monitored in terms of P contents in dry matter of maize revealed that the P content of plants not inoculated withG. constrictum was not influenced by P addition to soil. On the other hand, P content of maize plants inoculated with VAM was dramatically increased by increasing P levels of soil and was maximum at 30 mg P; above that it began to decline. Mycorrhizal root infection (expressed as percentage of root length infected) increased by increasing the P concentrations above the soil basal level up to 80 mg P where the infected root length was 72% of the total root length after 28 d of planting. The increase in VAM spore formation in soil was similar to that of root infection except that the highest spore number was sieved from soil at 60 mg P/kg soil.     

Roles of Aquaporins in Root Responses to Irrigation

Due to current environmental issues concerning the use of water for irrigation, the improvement of crop water-use efficiency and a reduction in water consumption has become a priority. New irrigation methods that reduce water use, while still maintaining production have been developed. To optimise these techniques knowledge of above- and below-ground plant physiological responses is necessary. During growth, plant roots are exposed to cycles of wetting and drying in normal rain-fed and irrigation situations. This review concentrates on the below-ground aspects, in particular the water permeability of roots. Significant research has been conducted on the root anatomy and hydraulic conductivity of desert plants subjected to wetting and drying. Major intrinsic proteins (MIPs), most of which show aquaporin (water-channel) activity are likely to be involved in balancing the water relations of the plants during water deficit. However, many MIPs seem to allow permeation of other small neutral solutes and some may allow permeation of ions under certain conditions. The ability of the plant to rapidly respond to rewetting may be important in maintaining productivity. It has been suggested that aquaporins may be involved in this rapid response. The down-regulation of the aquaporins during dry conditions can also limit water loss to the soil, and intrinsic sensitivity of aquaporins to water potential is shown here to be very strong in some cases (NOD26). However, the response of aquaporins in various plant species to water deficits has been quite varied. Another component of aquaporin regulation in response to various stresses (hypoxia/anoxia, salinity and chilling) may be related to redistribution of flow to more favourable regions of the soil. Some irrigation techniques may be triggering these responses. Diurnal fluctuations of root hydraulic conductance that is related to aquaporin expression seem to match the expected transpirational demands of the shoot, and it remains to be seen if shoot-to-root signalling may be important in regulation of root aquaporins. If so, canopy management typical of horticultural crops may impact on root hydraulic conductance. An understanding of the regulation of aquaporins may assist in the development of improved resistance to water stress and greater efficiency of water use by taking into account where and when roots best absorb water.     

岷江干旱河谷土壤水、氮和磷对小马鞍羊蹄甲幼苗生长的影响

资源阈值对植物的影响是恢复生态学的重要议题.通过近似模拟岷江干旱河谷自然干旱条件下水、氮和磷的阈值,设计析因实验,研究了一个生长季节内小马鞍羊蹄甲幼苗生长、生物生产量、资源利用效率和存活率的变化.结果表明：高水（40%田间持水量）、高磷（24 mg P·kg^-1）和低氮（100 mg N·kg^-1）处理分别促进了幼苗生长,增加了生物生产量,提高了存活率和水分利用效率,氮磷交互作用显著,水分和养分交互作用不明显.高氮（240 mg N·kg^-1）有强烈的负效应,高磷可以增大根面积、根长和根生物量,提高对氮和磷的吸收,缓解高氮的抑制作用.养分利用效率和幼苗根茎比呈显著正相关,并保持相对稳定.高水、高磷和低氮耦合有效地促进了幼苗的生长,而低水、低磷和高氮耦合则明显抑制了幼苗生长.     

Non-hydraulic signals from maize roots in drying soil: inhibition of leaf elongation but not stomatal conductance

Conditions of soil drying and plant growth that lead to non-hydraulic inhibition of leaf elongation and stomatal conductance in maize (Zea mays L.) were investigated using plants grown with their root systems divided between two containers. The soil in one container was allowed to dry while the other container was kept well-watered. Soil drying resulted in a maximum 35% inhibition of leaf elongation rate which occurred during the light hours, with no measurable decline in leaf water potential (_w). Leaf area was 15% less than in control plants after 18 d of soil drying. The inhibition of elongation was observed only when the soil _w declined to below that of the leaves and, thus, the drying soil no longer contributed to transpiration. However, midday root _w in the dry container (-0.29 MPa) remained much higher than that of the surrounding soil (-1.0 MPa) after 15 d of drying, indicating that the roots in drying soil were rehydrated in the dark.To prove that the inhibition of leaf elongation was not caused by undetectable changes in leaf water status as a result of loss of half the watergathering capacity, one-half of the root system of control plants was excised. This treatment had no effect on leaf elongation or stomatal conductance. The inhibition of leaf elongation was also not explained by reductions in nutrient supply.Soil drying had no effect on stomatal conductance despite variations in the rate or extent of soild drying, light, humidity or nutrition. The results indicate that non-hydraulic inhibition of leaf elongation may act to conserve water as the soil dries before the occurrence of shoot water deficits.Symbol _w water potential Contribution from the Missouri Agricultural Experiment Station, Journal Series No. 10881