The Influence of Progressive Increases in total Soil Moisture Stress on Transpiration, Growth, and Internal Water Relationships of Plants

Abstract

The responses of tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum (Mill.), privet (Ligustrum lucidum Ait.), and cotton (Gossypium barbadense L.) to conditions of increasing total soil moisture stress were measured in terms of vegetative growth, stem elongation, transpiration, leaf turgor, diffusion pressure deficit, and osmotic pressure.