As to the Mode of Action of the Guard Cells in Dry Air
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moment due to forces directed inwards from the poles of the guard cells. To
develop this notion further in the form of a realistic model of guard cell
mechanics would require more knowledge of the elastic properties of component parts of a guard cell than we have, or are likely to acquire by direct
means. Support for the idea is more likely to emerge from the reverse
procedure: deconvolution of data relating to turgor pressure, cell volume,
and cell shape.
Acknowledgments. Without the opportunity afforded me by Otto Lange to think and
work in his laboratory, the ideas I have described here, such as they are, would not have
come to fruition. Without his contribution to the study of stomata, involving, as did the
work of Darwin and Stahl in the last century, meticulous and ingenious experiment
informed by speculation about the adaptive function of stomata, they would not have
been conceived.
References
Ball IT, Woodrow I, Berry JA (1987) A model predicting stomatal conductance and its
contribution to the control of photosynthesis under different environmental conditions.
In: Biggins J (ed) Progress in photosynthesis research, vol IV. Martinus Nijhoff,
Dordrecht, pp 221- 224
Banks J (1805) A short account of the causes of the diseases in corn, called by farmers the
blight, the mildew, and the rust. In: Curtis LW (ed) Practical observations on the
British grasses, especially such as are best adapted to the laying down or improving
meadows and pasture, likewise an enumeration of the British grasses, 6th edn, 1824.
Sherwood, Jones and Co, London, pp 151-166
Bates LM, Hall AE (1981) Stomatal closure with soil water depletion not associated with
changes in bulk leaf water status. Oecologia 50: 62-65
Blackman PG, Davies WT (1985) Root to shoot communication in maize plants of the
effects of soil drying. J Exp Bot 36: 39-48
Coster HGL, Steudle E, Zimmermann U (1970) Turgor pressure sensing in plant cell
membranes. Plant Physiol 58: 636-643
Cowan IR (1972) Oscillations in stomatal conductance and plant functioning associated
with stomatal conductance: observations and a model. Planta 106: 185-219
Cowan IR (1977) Stomatal behaviour and environment. Adv Bot Res 4: 117-228
Darwin F (1898) Observations on stomata. Philos Trans R Soc Ser B 190: 531-621
Edwards M, Meidner H (1978) Stomatal responses to humidity and the water potentials
of epidermal and mesophyll tissue. J Exp Bot 29: 771-780
Fanjul L, Jones HG (1982) Rapid stomatal responses to humidity. Planta 154: 135-138
Farquhar GD (1978) Feedforward responses of stomata to humidity. Aust J Plant Physiol
5: 787-800
Fischer RA (1973) The relationship of stomatal aperture and guard-cell turgor pressure in
Vicia faba. J Exp Bot 24: 387-399
Gollan T, Passioura JB, Munns R (1986) Soil water status affects the stomatal conductance of fully turgid wheat and sunflower leaves. Aust J Plant Physiol 13: 459-464
Gutknecht J (1968) Salt transport in Valonia: inhibition of potassium uptake by small
hydrostatic pressures. Science 160: 68-70
Hall AE, Schulze E-D, Lange OL (1976) Current perspectives of steady-state stomatal
response to environment. In: Lange OL, Kappen L, Schulze ED (eds) Water and plant
life. Ecological studies 19. Springer, Berlin Heidelberg New York, pp 169-185
227
moment due to forces directed inwards from the poles of the guard cells. To
develop this notion further in the form of a realistic model of guard cell
mechanics would require more knowledge of the elastic properties of component parts of a guard cell than we have, or are likely to acquire by direct
means. Support for the idea is more likely to emerge from the reverse
procedure: deconvolution of data relating to turgor pressure, cell volume,
and cell shape.
Acknowledgments. Without the opportunity afforded me by Otto Lange to think and
work in his laboratory, the ideas I have described here, such as they are, would not have
come to fruition. Without his contribution to the study of stomata, involving, as did the
work of Darwin and Stahl in the last century, meticulous and ingenious experiment
informed by speculation about the adaptive function of stomata, they would not have
been conceived.
References
Ball IT, Woodrow I, Berry JA (1987) A model predicting stomatal conductance and its
contribution to the control of photosynthesis under different environmental conditions.
In: Biggins J (ed) Progress in photosynthesis research, vol IV. Martinus Nijhoff,
Dordrecht, pp 221- 224
Banks J (1805) A short account of the causes of the diseases in corn, called by farmers the
blight, the mildew, and the rust. In: Curtis LW (ed) Practical observations on the
British grasses, especially such as are best adapted to the laying down or improving
meadows and pasture, likewise an enumeration of the British grasses, 6th edn, 1824.
Sherwood, Jones and Co, London, pp 151-166
Bates LM, Hall AE (1981) Stomatal closure with soil water depletion not associated with
changes in bulk leaf water status. Oecologia 50: 62-65
Blackman PG, Davies WT (1985) Root to shoot communication in maize plants of the
effects of soil drying. J Exp Bot 36: 39-48
Coster HGL, Steudle E, Zimmermann U (1970) Turgor pressure sensing in plant cell
membranes. Plant Physiol 58: 636-643
Cowan IR (1972) Oscillations in stomatal conductance and plant functioning associated
with stomatal conductance: observations and a model. Planta 106: 185-219
Cowan IR (1977) Stomatal behaviour and environment. Adv Bot Res 4: 117-228
Darwin F (1898) Observations on stomata. Philos Trans R Soc Ser B 190: 531-621
Edwards M, Meidner H (1978) Stomatal responses to humidity and the water potentials
of epidermal and mesophyll tissue. J Exp Bot 29: 771-780
Fanjul L, Jones HG (1982) Rapid stomatal responses to humidity. Planta 154: 135-138
Farquhar GD (1978) Feedforward responses of stomata to humidity. Aust J Plant Physiol
5: 787-800
Fischer RA (1973) The relationship of stomatal aperture and guard-cell turgor pressure in
Vicia faba. J Exp Bot 24: 387-399
Gollan T, Passioura JB, Munns R (1986) Soil water status affects the stomatal conductance of fully turgid wheat and sunflower leaves. Aust J Plant Physiol 13: 459-464
Gutknecht J (1968) Salt transport in Valonia: inhibition of potassium uptake by small
hydrostatic pressures. Science 160: 68-70
Hall AE, Schulze E-D, Lange OL (1976) Current perspectives of steady-state stomatal
response to environment. In: Lange OL, Kappen L, Schulze ED (eds) Water and plant
life. Ecological studies 19. Springer, Berlin Heidelberg New York, pp 169-185