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Transpiration
Transpiration: - The process by which water vapor is lost to the atmosphere from living plants. The term can also be applied to the quantity of water thus dissipated. [Environmental Protection Agency] News archive for Transpiration:: |
Imperial Valley News,...that the new methods maintain plants in peak condition with lower leaf temperatures, high leaf moisture content and higher leaf transpiration rate.
Growth and Transpiration of Tomato Seedlings Grown in Hazelnut ... - Jul 24, 2008
RedOrbit,After a growing period (until beginning of flowering) of two months, transpiration rate, total dry matter, root/shoot ratio and plant height were measured.
Replacement of tricky Bridge No. 8 now set for 2009 - Aug 1, 2008
Shelbyville News,After many delays, the commissioners ran into a new road block after applying for federal transpiration funds to help cover the cost of the approaches to
Got milk? You’ll need 50 cents at BR - Aug 1, 2008
Taunton Daily Gazette,Citing higher transpiration costs, the regional school district’s food provider, Chartwells, upped the cost for milk from 40 to 50 cents.
Gardening: Don’t be fooled by rain — water your lawn - Jul 30, 2008
Marco Eagle,The majority of water absorbed is used for transpiration. This is a plant process in which water is absorbed by the roots, passed through the vascular
Midwest's crops helping boost humidities - Jul 24, 2008
Chicago Tribune,The Midwest is home to much of this country's most productive cropland and crops send moisture airborne through a process known as transpiration—the
Soil Water Balance in a Warmer CO2-Enriched Netherlands - Jul 29, 2008
CO2 Science Magazine,...reduce stomatal opening in plants," and that this phenomenon "tends to lower transpiration rates," which should lead to increases in soil water content.
Disaster emergency declared due to Yellow Pine mudslides - Jul 29, 2008
KTVB,The declaration also allows the State of Idaho to step in and help with infrastructure repairs, transpiration and other needs A 300 yard swath of the main
FDOT Visits Destin to Talk About Traffic - Jul 28, 2008
WJHG-TV,...right now where a struggling economy needs to be revived and one of the ways that we need to do it through building transpiration and infrastructure.
Ten things you need to do for your plants when you go on holiday - Jul 14, 2008
Times Online,This will have the added advantage of reducing transpiration rates on some of the plants. 8. If you are feeling rich invest in Fito Irri-Go Classico Holiday
What to do about climate change - Jul 24, 2008
The Daily Star,In contrast, enhanced evapo-transpiration in winter would increase moisture stress, especially in the northeastern tea plantations and the Barind and
CO2 increase in the atmosphere augments tolerance of barley to ... - Jul 7, 2008
Basque Research,This lower transpiration, cause by the presence of high concentrations of CO 2 , does attenuate the loss of water through the plant leaves, due to the fact
Mass Transit in High Demand - Jul 22, 2008
Beyond Fossil Fuel,...by light rail and other forms of public transportation. This current environment may lead to a future of hybrid cars coexisting with public transpiration.
High winds test strength of large trees - Aug 3, 2008
Hilton Head Island Packet,Some of the trees in my yard are dropping leaves, but I know that during dry spells, trees shed leaves to reduce water losses through transpiration,
1 of 5 Monday hearings - 8/2/08 - Aug 2, 2008
Roxboro Courier Times,Elderly & Disabled Transportation Assistance, $45202; Employment Transpiration Assistance Program, $7456; and the Rural General Public Program, $47343.
As crops burn, farmers increasingly use sunscreen - Jul 30, 2008
The Associated PressThey perspire — a process called transpiration — which means the more temperatures rise, the more water they need. As drought grips several of the world's
Raise the roof - Jul 29, 2008
Boston Globe,Walkey explains that green roofs help alleviate this effect by providing insulation and shade, and through the transpiration of the plants.
Plant of the week: Olive - Aug 1, 2008
East Valley Tribune,Because of its small leaves, protective cuticle and slow transpiration, the olive tree can survive on minimal water once established.
Climate change: Impact on forests - Aug 1, 2008
The Daily Star,...tracts through increased evapo-transpiration causing moisture stress (water deficiency) in winter, thus affecting the survival of sal forest ecosystem.
Sound gardening - Jul 31, 2008
Stamford Advocate,Since transpiration occurs, rain garden plants that return water vapor into the atmosphere are also good players. Creating a rain garden may be as simple as
Take Me to the Source - Jul 25, 2008
guardian.co.uk,Endlessly being recycled through the atmosphere by evaporation, transpiration and rain, liable to transformation through every category of existence,
Colin Evans garden tips - Jul 31, 2008
BBC Berkshire,This reduces the leaf area, thus preventing the transpiration of too much moisture and will ensure that next spring the leaves will be back in abundance
Govt plans to utilise 6.30 million hectare salinity affected areas - Jul 23, 2008
Daily Times,Generally high evapo-transpiration in semi-arid and arid zones is the basic cause for salt accumulation on the soil surface, the officials added.
The Dirt: Growing old in the garden - Jul 29, 2008
Mountain Xpress,Over the winter the semidormant tree can slowly root in, freed from the additional stresses of photosynthesis and transpiration.
Crop watering biggest drain on Great Lakes - Jul 29, 2008
Sarnia Observer,Transpiration is the process by which water vapour moves through the pores of plants into the atmosphere. The study defines consumptive use as "water that
Rice: more silica in soil reduces arsenic uptake - Jul 16, 2008
Hindu,...form of silicon in the leaf blades and sheaths. Its accumulation in the husk of the grains helps protect the husk from diseases and excess transpiration.
Conserving water by planting trees - Jul 28, 2008
Malawi's Daily Times,They release water by transpiration. This water combines with that evaporating from the ground. Later, it condenses and transforms back to rainfall,
Researchers predict increase of drought-resistant crops within 10 ... - Jul 28, 2008
Western Farm PressThe emphasis is on flowering and ear development, root growth and uptake, transpiration and water use efficiency, photosynthesis, and general regulators.
Salvia candelabrum: How to grow - Jul 10, 2008
Telegraph.co.uk,Remove any lower leaves and reduce the size of over-large leaves to lessen water loss or transpiration. Avoid soft, new shoots - they will not root.
More laws needed to protect our environment - Jul 7, 2008
The Nation Newspaper,Persons may not be aware that trees and green areas influence rainfall pattern due to transpiration and we are cutting down more green areas.
Naples home now uses less water thanks to Xtreme Yard Makeover - Jul 25, 2008
The News-Press,A rain sensor with an evapo-ration-transpiration meter was installed to regulate the amount of water based on the plant's need.
Real World Applications Of Laboratory Research - Jul 24, 2008
RedOrbit,The third paper, "Growth and Transpiration of Tomato seedlings Grown In Hazlenut Husk Compost Under Water-Deficit Stress" (pages 125-131), tested compost
VICTORIA - Following a winter that produced near or ab - Jul 22, 2008
Keremeos Review,...three weeks have accelerated the loss of water from soil, and also from rivers, lakes and other water bodies, through evaporation and transpiration.
Get Best of Garden Ready for Show - Jul 19, 2008
RedOrbit,This is a response to mild stress (a self-defense mechanism to reduce transpiration loss of moisture from the leaf surface). Sunburn and cracking are other
Public can tap weather data from Watsonville - Jul 19, 2008
Register Pajaronian,Unlike many other weather stations, the CIMIS stations track evapotranspiration, or the loss of water to the atmosphere due to evaporation and transpiration
Give houseplants a taste of the tropics during heat wave - Jul 18, 2008
Austin American-Statesman,The loss of water through leaves (transpiration) results in an upward pull of moisture through roots. This is how these plants obtain soil nutrients that
Big diesel bill busts bus routes in - Jul 18, 2008
Folsom Telegraph,..."Our budget is showing need for cutting high-school transpiration," said Heather McGowan, spokeswoman for Folsom-Cordova Unified School District.
Cutting Corners: How local people are tightening their belts - Jul 18, 2008
Mount Airy News,Bennadom wasn't sure if a public transpiration system would be a benefit in an area such as Mount Airy. “I haven't been here long enough to say,� she said.
Animals rejoice: Sanctuary is under construction - Jul 16, 2008
Bethany Beach Wave,..."The plants will evaporate water through transpiration," he said, "turning pollutants into biomass." Quillin said the complex will also use a geothermal
School system maintains stance on bus routes - Jul 16, 2008
The Daily Advertiser,He goes on to write that the system thinks it's surpassing BESE transpiration guidelines and providing bus service to more parochial schools,
South Asian countries with China and India to be a region of ... - Jul 14, 2008
Asian Tribune,At the Forum he has spoken of the Globalization and Economic Cooperation between China and South Asia via, International Transpiration and Logistics
Lamido’s visits to LGAs commended - Jul 13, 2008
Triumph,...federal government to rehabilitate its roads within Jigawa as these roads help in the transpiration of agricultural produce across the state and beyond.
Researchers test irrigation systems - Jul 10, 2008
N.C. State University Technician Online,One of the more "intelligent" systems involves evapotranspiration, by measuring the amount of water lost through transpiration and evaporation and
HABITAT 2020: Future Smart ‘Living’ Architecture - Jul 9, 2008
InhabitatAlternatively, the skin may be considered as the leaf surface having several stomata, cellular openings involved in gaseous exchange and transpiration in
New Web tools help producers with fertilizer, herbicide and water - Jul 9, 2008
The Prairie Star,..."Precipitation varies across the valley in much greater proportion than does evapo-transpiration," McVay said, "so correcting water use by the amount of
Spectacular succulents like it dry - Jul 7, 2008
North Island Midweek,Plants in soil return moisture to the atmosphere through the processes of evaporation and transpiration. Possibly the number-one reason to take green living
County to grill local legislators - Jul 7, 2008
Austin Herald,They are: environment and natural resources; general government; health and human services; public safety; transpiration; and economic development.
He walks and talks - Jul 27, 2008
Sauk Valley Newspapers,Mulcahey said all of those issues, especially the quality of transpiration and local education, play a big, albeit indirect, role in helping Illinois'
Stop aux mauvaises odeurs et à la transpiration! - Aug 4, 2008
Noir au Feminin,Spécialement destiné à réguler la transpiration des aisselles, sans toutefois bloquer ce phénomène naturel. Ce produit prévient également la formation
Déodorant, l'allié indispensable - Aug 4, 2008
E-Santé.be,Les aisselles, qui allient glandes sudoripares (sécrétant de la transpiration) et poils, sont donc logiquement "la" zone stratégique des odeurs que nous
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