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By definition, stomatal conductance, usually measured in mmol m⁻² s⁻¹, is the measure of the rate of passage of carbon dioxide (CO2) entering, or water vapor exiting through the stomata of a leaf. Stomata are small pores on the top and bottom of a leaf that are responsible for taking in and expelling CO2 and moisture from and to the outside air. The rate of stomatal conductance, or its inverse, stomatal resistance, is directly related to the boundary layer resistance of the leaf and the absolute concentration gradient of water vapor from the leaf to the atmosphere. It is under direct biological control of the leaf through the use of guard cells, which surround the stomatal pore (Taiz/Zeiger 1991). Stomatal conductance is integral to leaf level calculations of transpiration (E). ==Methods for Measuring== Stomatal conductance can be measured in several ways: Steady-state porometers: A ''steady state porometer'' measures stomatal conductance using a sensor head with a fixed diffusion path to the leaf. It measures the vapor concentration at two different locations in the diffusion path. It computes vapor flux from the vapor concentration measurements and the known conductance of the diffusion path using the following equation: Where is the vapor concentration at the leaf, and are the concentrations at the two sensor locations, is the stomatal resistance, and and are the resistances at the two sensors. If the temperatures of the two sensors are the same, concentration can be replaced with relative humidity, giving Stomatal conductance is the reciprocal of resistance, therefore where ∆ is the time required for the cup humidity to change by ∆, is the cup humidity, is the cup “length,” and is an offset constant. ''Null balance porometers'' maintain a constant humidity in an enclosed chamber by regulating the flow of dry air through the chamber and find stomatal resistance from the following equation: where is the stomatal resistance, is the boundary layer resistance, is the leaf area, is the flow rate of dry air, and is the chamber humidity. The resistance values found by these equations are typically converted to conductance values. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「stomatal conductance」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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