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Journal of Microwave Power
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Stomatal Response to Microwave Induced Thermal Stresses [PDF] |
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N. Barthakur 1976 11 3 247-254 |
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Abstract Attached bean leaves responded
to thermal stresses, induced by microwaves in darkness, by lowering equilibrium
leaf temperatures between 2 to 10ºC in still air. The lowering of equilibrium
leaf temperatures of exposed water hyacinth plants in darkness were found to
be even higher than 10ºC in still air. The same behaviour was also observed
for leaves which were placed in an air stream. The phenomenon is explained as
transpirational cooling when stomates are opened in darkness in response to
absorbed microwave radiation and high leaf temperatures. |
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