Environmental Effects on Oxygen Isotope Enrichment of Leaf Water in Cotton Leaves

Ripullone, Francesco; Matsuo, Naoko; Stuart-Williams, Hilary; Wong, Suan Chin; Borghetti, Marco; Tani, Makoto; Farquhar, Graham

Environmental Effects on Oxygen Isotope Enrichment of Leaf Water in Cotton Leaves

Date

2008

Authors

Ripullone, Francesco

Matsuo, Naoko

Stuart-Williams, Hilary

Wong, Suan Chin

Borghetti, Marco

Tani, Makoto

Farquhar, Graham

Publisher

American Society of Plant Biologists

Abstract

The oxygen isotope enrichment of bulk leaf water (Δb) was measured in cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) leaves to test the Craig-Gordon and Farquhar-Gan models under different environmental conditions. Δb increased with increasing leaf-to-air vapor pressure d