Plant Transpiration
"Plant Transpiration" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The loss of water vapor by plants to the atmosphere. It occurs mainly from the leaves through pores (stomata) whose primary function is gas exchange. The water is replaced by a continuous column of water moving upwards from the roots within the xylem vessels. (Concise Dictionary of Biology, 1990)
| Descriptor ID |
D018526
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| MeSH Number(s) |
G15.744.750
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| Concept/Terms |
Plant Transpiration- Plant Transpiration
- Plant Transpirations
- Transpiration, Plant
- Transpirations, Plant
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