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Diurnal changes in leaf water potential of rice, barley and wheat

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Biologia Plantarum

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The diurnal changes in leaf water potential of rice, barley and wheat corresponded to changes in air temperature. The soil moisture did not affect the diurnal changes in leaf water potential of rice and only slightly affected that of barley and wheat.

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  1. Central Soil Salinity Research Institute, Research Station Canning, P. O. Canning Town, 24-Parganas, West Bengal, India

    S. K. Dutt & K. S. Gill

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Dutt, S.K., Gill, K.S. Diurnal changes in leaf water potential of rice, barley and wheat. Biol Plant 20, 472–474 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02923354

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