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. 1964 Mar 27;143(3613):1460-2.
doi: 10.1126/science.143.3613.1460.

Lower Limit of Water Availability to Plants

W R Gardner, R H Nieman

Lower Limit of Water Availability to Plants

W R Gardner et al. Science. .

Abstract

Measurements of transpiration, cell division, and cell enlargement show that no single lower limit of available water can be defined for these three plant processes. The soil-water content at which permanent wilting is exhibited does not represent a true lower limit for any of these.

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