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Leaf water potential measurements using the pressure chamber: Synthetic testing of assumptions towards best practices for precision and accuracy
- Source :
- Plant, Cell and Environment, Plant, Cell and Environment, 2022, 25 p. ⟨10.1111/pce.14330⟩, Digital.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC, instname
- Publication Year :
- 2022
- Publisher :
- Wiley, 2022.
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Abstract
- 25 páginas.- 8 figuras.- 2 tablas.- 66 referencias.- Additional supporting information can be found online in the Supporting Information section at the end of this article.<br />eaf water potential (psi(leaf)), typically measured using the pressure chamber, is the most important metric of plant water status, providing high theoretical value and information content for multiple applications in quantifying critical physiological processes including drought responses. Pressure chamber measurements of psi(leaf) (psi(leafPC)) are most typical, yet, the practical complexity of the technique and of the underlying theory has led to ambiguous understanding of the conditions to optimize measurements. Consequently, specific techniques and precautions diversified across the global research community, raising questions of reliability and repeatability. Here, we surveyed specific methods of psi(leafPC) from multiple laboratories, and synthesized experiments testing common assumptions and practices in psi(leafPC) for diverse species: (i) the need for equilibration of previously transpiring leaves; (ii) leaf storage before measurement; (iii) the equilibration of psi(leaf) for leaves on bagged branches of a range of dehydration; (iv) the equilibration of psi(leaf) across the lamina for bagged leaves, and the accuracy of measuring leaves with artificially 'elongated petioles'; (v) the need in psi(leaf) measurements for bagging leaves and high humidity within the chamber; (vi) the need to avoid liquid water on leaf surfaces; (vii) the use of 'pulse' pressurization versus gradual pressurization; and (viii) variation among experimenters in psi(leafPC) determination. Based on our findings we provide a best practice protocol to maximise accuracy, and provide recommendations for ongoing species-specific tests of important assumptions in future studies.<br />European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Sklodowska-Curie grant agreement No. 751918-AgroPHYS; Marie Curie Fellowship (FP7-PEOPLE-2013-IOF-624473); Austrian research agency (FWF) project P32203; National Science Foundation (Grant IOS-#1457279)
- Subjects :
- Physiology
Water stress
Reproducibility of Results
Water
plant water relations
Plant water relations
pressure bomb
Plant Science
Leaf water potential
leaf water potential
Droughts
Plant Leaves
water stress
Pressure bombpressure chamber
[SDV.BV]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Vegetal Biology
plant water status
Plant water status
pressure chamber
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- ISSN :
- 13653040 and 01407791
- Volume :
- 45
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Plant, Cell & Environment
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....c58145b334462d6fa6778d25ab2a1bd4