Sentences with phrase «plant stomates»

However, more atmospheric CO2 is predicted to increase crop biomass and subsequent yields, and reduce water use by allowing plant stomates to open over shorter periods, thus assimilating the same amount of atmospheric CO2 while conserving moisture (Cutforth et al. 2007).

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CAM plants are unique in that under drought conditions their stomates (leaf pores) are open at night rather than during the day (as is the case with most plants).

Plants respond to differences in how much CO2 is in the air by varying the frequency (number per unit area) of the pores on the leaf surface (called stomates).

When plant water status drops below minimum levels required for cell functioning, stomates quickly close and carbon fixation thus stops.