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Science 27 March 1964:
Vol. 143. no. 3613, pp. 1460 - 1462
DOI: 10.1126/science.143.3613.1460
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Lower Limit of Water Availability to Plants

W. R. Gardner 1 and R. H. Nieman 1

1 United States Salinity Laboratory, Agricultural Research Service, Riverside, California

Measurements of transpiration, cell division, and cell enlargement show that no single lower limit of available water can be defined for these three plant processes. The soil-water content at which permanent wilting is exhibited does not represent a true lower limit for any of these.


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