A method to improve leaf succulence quantification

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Autor(a) principal: Mantovani,André
Data de Publicação: 1999
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology
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Resumo: Leaf succulence has important physiological and ecological implications. Currently it is quantified by Delf's index (fresh weight/leaf area) and fresh weight/ dry weight ratio. Both indeces are reconsidered and a new index is proposed. Shade and sun leaves from terrestrial, hemiepiphytic and epiphytic aroids were studied. Delf's formula, which does not consider dry weight, overestimated leaf succulence. As fresh weight / dry weight ratio (fw / dw) does not consider leaf area, plants with the same fw / dw ratio were more than five times different in area. The last case was only possible with a decrease in surface / volume ratio and a increase of mesophyll thickness, components not measured by fw / dw ratio. The new index proposed here, which takes into consideration dry weight and leaf area, showed a high correlation to mesophyll thickness.
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv A method to improve leaf succulence quantification
title A method to improve leaf succulence quantification
spellingShingle A method to improve leaf succulence quantification
Mantovani,André
leaf succulence
water relations
leaf anatomy
Araceae
ecophysiology
title_short A method to improve leaf succulence quantification
title_full A method to improve leaf succulence quantification
title_fullStr A method to improve leaf succulence quantification
title_full_unstemmed A method to improve leaf succulence quantification
title_sort A method to improve leaf succulence quantification
author Mantovani,André
author_facet Mantovani,André
author_role author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Mantovani,André
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv leaf succulence
water relations
leaf anatomy
Araceae
ecophysiology
topic leaf succulence
water relations
leaf anatomy
Araceae
ecophysiology
description Leaf succulence has important physiological and ecological implications. Currently it is quantified by Delf's index (fresh weight/leaf area) and fresh weight/ dry weight ratio. Both indeces are reconsidered and a new index is proposed. Shade and sun leaves from terrestrial, hemiepiphytic and epiphytic aroids were studied. Delf's formula, which does not consider dry weight, overestimated leaf succulence. As fresh weight / dry weight ratio (fw / dw) does not consider leaf area, plants with the same fw / dw ratio were more than five times different in area. The last case was only possible with a decrease in surface / volume ratio and a increase of mesophyll thickness, components not measured by fw / dw ratio. The new index proposed here, which takes into consideration dry weight and leaf area, showed a high correlation to mesophyll thickness.
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