Water Stress in Plants: Proceedings of a Symposium held in Prague, September 30–October 4, 1963

Front Matter....Pages 1-17
Front Matter....Pages 19-19
The Problem of Water Outflow from Roots....Pages 21-29
The Relationship between the Sap Exudation Rate and the Exudation Lag....Pages 30-40
The Cell Sap Concentration in Maize Plants at Controlled Soil Moisture Stress....Pages 41-49
The Effect of Decrease in Soil Moisture on the Osmotic Values of Cell Sap in the Individual Organs of the Potato Plant....Pages 50-59
Front Matter....Pages 61-61
Some Investigations on Water Deficit and Transpiration Under Controlled Conditions....Pages 63-71
Water Relations of Plants in Experiments with Heavy Isotope O 18 ....Pages 72-80
State of Water in a Plant Cell, Mobility of Water and Factors which Determine it....Pages 81-88
Water Stress in Conifers During Winter....Pages 89-98
Serial Studies on the Hydration of Forest Plants....Pages 99-107
Water Relations of Some Steppe Plants Investigated by Means of the Reversibility of the Water Saturation Deficit....Pages 108-116
Changes in the Water Status in Plants Under Different External and Internal Conditions....Pages 117-127
The Effect of Relative Air Humidity on the Development of Water Saturation Deficit in the Cut Leaves of two Varieties of Barley....Pages 128-135
The Refractometric Method of Diagnosing Water Deficit in Plants....Pages 136-144
Front Matter....Pages 145-145
Stomata Reactivity in Leaves at Different Insertion Level During Wilting....Pages 147-154
Water Deficiency in the Process of Pathological Wilting....Pages 155-163
The Demonstration of a Porometer for Physiological and Ecological Investigations....Pages 164-166
The Water Relations of Tree Seedlings. V. Growth and Root Respiration in Relation to Osmotic Potential of the Root Medium....Pages 167-183
The Influence of Water Stress on the Relationship between Co 2 Uptake and Transpiration....Pages 184-194
The Influence of Decreasing Hydration Level on Photosynthetic Rate in the Thalli of the Hepatic Conocephallum Conicum....Pages 195-202
Water Saturation Deficit and Photosynthetic Rate as Related to Leaf age in the Wilting Plant....Pages 203-209
Front Matter....Pages 145-145
Relationship Between Chlorophyll Content and Photosynthetic Rate During the Vegetation Season in Maize Grown At Different Constant Soil Water Levels....Pages 210-218
Water Saturation Deficit of Intensely Photosynthesizing Leaf Tissue Well Supplied with Water....Pages 219-222
The Growth and Water Supply of Individual Organs of the Potato....Pages 223-227
The Influence of Soil Drought on the Vitality of Forest Plants....Pages 228-237
The Influence of Microelements on ATP Content in Plants in the Presence of Water Deficit and Under the Influence of High Temperatures....Pages 238-244
Front Matter....Pages 245-245
Changes in the Transpiration of Plants in the Course of the Day....Pages 247-256
The Moisture Consumption of Plants Described as a Hydrological Phenomenon....Pages 257-267
Water Relations of Some Species of Wormwood in Kazakhstan....Pages 268-275
Contribution to the Study of Varietal Differences in Water Relations in Spring Barley by Quantitative Analysis of Transpiration Curves....Pages 276-281
A Report on the Problem of the Water Economy of Oat Plants and of Regulating Transpiration by Treatment with Varying Amounts of Nitrogen....Pages 282-290
On the Problem of Cuvette-Climate (Preliminary Communication)....Pages 291-293
General Discussion....Pages 295-301
Discussion on Terminology and Linguistic Problems....Pages 303-308
Concluding Speech....Pages 309-311
Conclusion....Pages 312-312
Back Matter....Pages 313-322