TRANSPIRATION REGULATION IN SOME LEGUME CROPS UNDER DIFFERENT FERTILITY LEVELS IN SEMIARID FARMING

Abstract

To develop a mathematical model which can be used for prediction, one needs to have an assess of all variable pertaining to that system function. For water relation studies and to develop models, parameters like flow, leaf temperature, relative humidity, light intensity, diffusive resistance so also water/osmotic potential of leaf and soil, total transpiring area, their dynamics are prerequisites. However, during the present study, due to the lack of compatible apparatus to suit other measurements, no record could be made on a few parameters. And thus, a complete prediction equations could not be developed. Despite this fact, this investigation identified that flow and resistance have commendable relationship with transpiration than quantum and leaf temperature, changes in fertility levels bring non significant changes (sensu lato) intranspiration regulation, mothbean by exhibiting random variability indicates a complex mechanism involved in its transpiration regulation, warranting a detailed investigation.

DOI

https://doi.org/10.29321/MAJ.10.A01259

Pages

539 - 544

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Copyright

© The Author(s), 2025. Published by Madras Agricultural Students' Union in Madras Agricultural Journal (MAJ). This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited by the user.

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