biologia plantarum

International journal on Plant Life established by Bohumil Němec in 1959

Biologia plantarum 43:239-244, 2000 | DOI: 10.1023/A:1002704327076

Leaf Pubescence, Water Relations and Chlorophyll Fluorescence in Two Subspecies of Lotus Creticus L.

R. Savé1, C. Biel1, F. de Herralde1
1 Department de Tecnologia Horticola, Institut de Recerca i Tecnologia Agroalimentàries (IRTA), Cabrils, Barcelona, Spain

The objective of the present study was to compare the plant morphology, water relations and photochemical efficiency of photosystem 2 in two wild. Mediterranean species Lotus creticus creticus and Lotus creticus cytisoides. L. creticus creticus showed higher density of trichomes and stomatal density on the adaxial leaf surface than L. creticus cytisoides, whereas L. creticus cytisoides showed higher stomatal density in abaxial surface than L. creticus creticus. These morphological traits promoted clear differences in leaf surface water retention and leaf reflectance. Leaf water potential and photochemical efficiency were lower in L. creticus cytisoides than in L. creticus creticus.

Keywords: Lotus creticus creticus; Lotus creticus cytisoides; relative water content; stomata density; trichomes; xylem water potential
Subjects: leaf pubescence, chlorophyll fluorescence; Lotus creticus creticus; Lotus creticus cytisoides; pubescence, leaf, water relations, chlorophyll; relative water content; stomata density; subspecies differences, Lotus creticus; trichomes, stomata; xylem water potential, stomata

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Savé, R., Biel, C., & de Herralde, F. (2000). Leaf Pubescence, Water Relations and Chlorophyll Fluorescence in Two Subspecies of Lotus Creticus L. Biologia plantarum, 43(2), 239-244. doi: 10.1023/A:1002704327076
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