Cornell University researchers have created the world's first synthetic tree. So far, it's a very small 'tree' which stands in a palm-sized piece of hydrogel. This 'tree simulates the process of ...

With temperatures climbing, many homeowners are searching for affordable ways to keep cool without cranking up the AC. As it turns out, one of the most effective solutions might already be sitting on ...

Proper irrigation is very important for plant health. Too much or too little can both be damaging to plants.

Journal of Experimental Botany, Vol. 36, No. 164 (March 1985), pp. 432-440 (9 pages) Carbon exchange rate (CER) and transpiration were measured in flag leaves, whole ears, glumes (referring to the ...

A new discovery by Tel Aviv University has succeeded in cultivating and characterizing tomato varieties with higher water use efficiency without compromising yield. The researchers, employing CRISPR ...

Transpiration: The process by which water in plants moves through leaf pores and is released into the atmosphere as water vapor. Actively growing plants release so much water vapor that dry air masses ...

A number of years ago I came across a bottle of anti-transpirant and I wondered what the material was used for myself. This information should be referred to this time of year on a regular basis. So, ...

SCIENTISTS AT CORNELL UNIVERSITY have created a "synthetic tree" microfluidic device that mimics transpiration, the process by which a plant pulls water through its roots and up to its leaves. In ...

An experimental procedure is described by which contemporaneous assessments of leaf resistance, rates of transpiration and of carbon dioxide exchange can be made on attached leaves. The relative ...

GREEN BAY, Wis. (WFRV) – Corn sweat, also known as evapotranspiration, makes the already humid Midwest summer feel even worse. UW Extension Crops and Soils Outreach Specialist Chris Clark says our ...

The towering coastal redwoods of northern California have long inspired awe in scientists and laymen alike. Sequoia sempervirens can grow to a height of more than 100 metres, ranking as Earth's ...