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What is the relationship between increase in stomata density and rate of transpiration? Salisbury and Ross. Plant Physiology.

Wadsworth Publishing Co. Suppose we compare the evaporation rate from a beaker of water and from an identical beaker that is half covered, say with metal strips. We would expect evaporation from the second beaker to be about half that from the first. Not if the holes have about same size and spacing as the stomates found in the epidermis of a leaf. Why isn't evaporation directly proportional to surface area?

We resolve this apparent paradox be realising that evaporation is a diffusion process from water surface to atmosphere.

Simply stated, diffusion is proportional to the driving force and the conductivity. In our example, the driving force is the same for both beakers: the difference in vapour pressure or density between the water surface where the atmosphere is saturated with vapour and the atmosphere some distance away where it must be below saturation if evaporation is to occur.

Part of the conductivity is a function of the area, and this value is much lower above a beaker covered with porous foil, which is what we expected. But the other part of the conductivity depends on the distance in the atmosphere through which the water molecules must diffuse before their concentration reaches the atmosphere as a whole.

The shorter the distance, the higher the conductivity. This distance can be called the boundary layer, and it is much shorter above the pores in the foil than above the free water surface. Molecules evaporating from the free water will be part of the relatively dense column of molecules extending some distance above the surface, whereas molecules diffusing through a pore can go in any direction within an imaginary hemisphere centred above the pore.

In the hemisphere, the concentration drops rapidly with distance from the pore, which is to say that the concentration gradient is very steep because the boundary layer is very thin. Of course, if pores are closer together than the thickness of their boundary layers, these hemispheres overlap and merge into a boundary layer. Stomates of typical plants proved to be nearly optimal for maximum gas or vapour diffusion. Thus, plants are ideally adapted for CO2 absorption from the atmosphere - but also for loss of water by transpiration.

The stomates can close, however, and in most plants they are adapted to close when photosynthesis and CO2 absorption stop for example in darkness. How can I investigate whether size of stomata affects transpiration rate? You need to think at a basic level:- 1 How can you measure transpiration rate?

Remember that a bubble potometer for instance measures water uptake whereas a weighing potometer weighing a plant in a sealed water reservoir should give transpiration. Changes in mass due to photosynthesis and respiration can probably be ignored. It may be sufficient to simply hang up leaves of different types and measure their loss in weight over a period of time. You can cover surfaces with vaseline if you wish to compare how much is lost from the lower surface with stomata with how much is lost from the upper surface.

Tanaka et al. This was clear evidence that ethylene repressed ABA action in stomatal closure. In a drought stressed eto1 ethylene overproducer 1 mutant, stomata closed more slowly and were less sensitive to ABA than in the drought-treated wild type Tanaka et al. In order to elucidate the interaction between ethylene and ABA during stomatal response, epidermal peels from the wild-type and eto1 were treated with ABA, ethylene, and both phytohormones.

When ethylene was applied independently of ABA, it induced H 2 O 2 synthesis within 30 min of the treatment. When ethylene was applied to the ABA-pretreated wild-type epidermal peels, an inhibition of stomatal closure was observed Tanaka et al.

Desikan et al. There have been some studies that revealed both increased and decreased ethylene production in response to drought stress. However, most of them described experiments with detached leaves, which may not reflect the response of intact plants under drought conditions Morgan et al. Generally, elevated ABA concentrations limit the production of ethylene; and therefore a dramatic increase of ABA concentration during water stress probably causes a reduction in the production of ethylene Sharp, The physiological mechanism of ethylene inhibition of the ABA-mediated stomatal closure may be related to the function of ethylene as a factor that ensures a minimum carbon dioxide supply for photosynthesis by keeping stomata half-opened under the stress conditions Leung and Giraudat, ; Tanaka et al.

Auxins and cytokinins are major phytohormones that are involved in processes related to plant growth and development such as cell division, growth and organogenesis, vascular differentiation, lateral root initiation as well as gravi- and phototropism Berleth and Sachs, Auxins typically play a positive role in stomatal opening but high concentrations of auxin can inhibit stomatal opening Lohse and Hedrich, ; Figure 6.

The impact of cytokinins on stomatal movements is also ambiguous. It has been shown that an increased cytokinin concentration in xylem sap promotes stomatal opening and decreases sensitivity to ABA. However, stomatal response to exogenously applied cytokinins depends on the concentration and cytokinin species Figure 6.

Generally, exogenous cytokinins and auxins can inhibit ABA-induced stomatal closure in diverse species Stoll et al. Brassinosteroids BR are polyhydroxylated steroidal phytohormones that are involved in seed germination, stem elongation, vascular differentiation, and fruit ripening Clouse and Sasse, ; Steber and McCourt, ; Symons et al. Together, these results suggest that there is an interaction between BR and ABA in drought response that is related to stomatal closure. Many factors that are responsible for the regulation of stomatal movements have been already identified, such as components of ABA and other phytohormone signaling pathways.

However, further analyses of the networks of protein interactions, the co-expression of genes, metabolic factors, etc. Taking into account that phytohormone pathways are still under intensive investigations and there are still many gaps to be elucidated, many of the already established interactions may be changed as further progress in research is achieved.

There are ambiguous reports in regards to the role of some phytohormones, such as ethylene, auxins, or cytokinins, in the regulation of stomatal movement that need to be clarified. In addition, the interaction between the diurnal cycle and ABA pathway should be further investigated in order to achieve a full understanding of this process. There are some points that should be highlighted as a possible cause of the ambiguous reports related to the action of the regulators of stomatal movements.

The first of these is the technique that is used to observe the stomata. Most analyses of stomata under stress are based on stomatal aperture observations. Some studies rely on stomata replicas from plants treated with stress and control, and observed under the light microscopy. This method is simple and inexpensive but generates problems due to the type of material used for the replicas. The accuracy and precision in the determination of stomatal aperture width is limited by the resolution of the standard light microscope.

In contrast, scanning microscopy SEM offers high resolution images of stomata but requires expensive equipment and is not suitable for collecting large numbers of probes Lawson et al. As long as a proper technique that is not controversial in regards to its influence on stomatal response is not applied, all aperture measurements will be under discussion.

Another crucial problem is that most reports describe experiments with detached leaves, which may not reflect the response of intact plants under drought conditions Morgan et al. Franks and Farquhar addressed the problem of data integration in stomatal research. They pointed out the lack of the integration of mechanical and quantitative physical information about guard cells and adjacent cells in model of stomatal function. Such integration of data should allow gas-exchange regulation to be better described and predicted.

As long as guard cells are considered as a model without their surroundings, the results obtained may not be relevant. Another problem noted by Franks and Farquhar is that research on the impact of various environmental factors on the stomatal regulation and stomatal density should be performed on and compared among several species, not only one.

This would allow a full picture of a broad morphological and evolutionary spectrum of possibilities of stomata development, density, and movement regulation in response to stresses to be obtained.

Summarizing, there are still many questions about the techniques used for evaluating the stomatal response to stress. Further development of proper methods will bring us closer to a fuller and more relevant understanding of stomatal action. The great progress in molecular biology studies enable insights into the signaling pathways, identification of new components, and interactions between them to be gained.

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Hosy, E. This group of highly adapted photosynthetic organisms includes many desert-dwelling types of plants such as cacti. Other examples of plants that use the CAM pathway in order to survive in arid environments include epiphytes such as orchids, bromeliads like the pineapple plant, and succulents like the jade plant. CAM plants get around the risks of full sun exposure by doing the opposite of what the C3 plants do.

While C3 plants open their stomata during the day and close them at night, CAM plants open their stomata at night and slam them shut every morning. Using this method, desert plants can pick up carbon dioxide at night when the air is cool and the risk of losing water is lower. By absorbing and converting carbon dioxide at night, these plants can build up a large enough stash of carbonic acids to allow them to perform photosynthesis during the day with their stomata closed. This also allows them to avoid photorespiration, as it insulates the light independent reactions from oxygen buildup.

In this way, CAM plants get around the limitations faced by other plants that open their stomata during the day and close them at night. Glucose is used as a food source, while oxygen and water vapor escape through open stomata into the surrounding environment. Carbon dioxide needed for photosynthesis is obtained through open plant stomata.

At night, when sunlight is no longer available and photosynthesis is not occurring, stomata close. This closure prevents water from escaping through open pores. The opening and closing of stomata are regulated by factors such as light, plant carbon dioxide levels, and changes in environmental conditions. Humidity is an example of an environmental condition that regulates the opening or closing of stomata. When humidity conditions are optimal, stomata are open.

Should humidity levels in the air around plant leaves decrease due to increased temperatures or windy conditions, more water vapor would diffuse from the plant into the air. Under such conditions, plants must close their stomata to prevent excess water loss. Stomata open and close as a result of diffusion.

Under hot and dry conditions, when water loss due to evaporation is high, stomata must close to prevent dehydration. This causes water in the enlarged guard cells to move osmotically from an area of low solute concentration guard cells to an area of high solute concentration surrounding cells.

The loss of water in the guard cells causes them to shrink. This shrinkage closes the stomatal pore. When conditions change such that stomata need to open, potassium ions are actively pumped back into the guard cells from the surrounding cells. Water moves osmotically into guard cells causing them to swell and curve.

This enlarging of the guard cells open the pores. The plant takes in carbon dioxide to be used in photosynthesis through open stomata.



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