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Science 30 October 1964:
Vol. 146. no. 3644, pp. 644 - 646
DOI: 10.1126/science.146.3644.644
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Systematic Error in Leaf Water Potential Measurements with a Thermocouple Psychrometer

Stephen L. Rawlins 1

1 Department of Soils and Climatology, Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, New Haven

To allow for the error in measurement of water potentials in leaves, introduced by the presence of a water droplet in the chamber of the psychrometer, a correction must be made for the permeability of the leaf.


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