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A Re-Examination of the Relative Turgidity Technique for Estimating Water Deficits in Leaves

HD BarrsDepartment of Botany, University of Nottingham; present address: Division of Land Research and Regional Survey, C.S.I.R.O., CanberraPE WeatherleyDepartment of Botany, University of Nottingham; present address: Department of Botany, University of Aberdeen, Scotland
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The relative turgidity technique consists in comparing the initial and turgid water contents, on a percentage basis, of disks punched from leaves, the turgid water content being obtained by floating the disks on water.

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