The Physiology Of Stomata By Francis Ernest Lloyd PDF Download

Excerpt from The Physiology of Stomata Regarded in this way, the problem of stomatal activity is by no means a slight one. The attempt in the present paper has been made to attack it on two points: (1) Specifically, the supposed relation between stomatal move ment and the loss of water-vapor hythe plant, in order to determine whether this loss is regulated by the stomata; and (2) the determination, so far as possible, of the cause of stomatal movement, or more particularly, the cause which leads to a rise in turgor greater than that in surrounding cells (kohl, which results in the Opening movement. The series of studies which are here brought together was begun in the summer of 1904, under the valued patronage of the Botanical Society of America, at the Desert Botanical Laboratory; at the same place, during the following summer, by means of a grant from the Carnegie Institution of Washington; and during the major portion of the present year while the author was a member of the staff of the Desert Botanical Laboratory. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.