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Transpiration into a Saturated Atmosphere

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PROF. D. THODAY'S suggestion1 (apropos of the work of Dixon and Barlee2) of a possible mechanism of transpiration into a saturated atmosphere, based on the enhanced vapour pressure of convex water surfaces, is an attractive one, especially as it is a logical corollary of the older idea of the significance, in the water economy of a wilting leaf, of the subnormal vapour pressure of concave evaporating surfaces3. There are, however, certain difficulties in its application.

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WILSON, K. Transpiration into a Saturated Atmosphere. Nature 164, 1013–1014 (1949). https://doi.org/10.1038/1641013b0

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