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How plants balance water transport and photosynthesis across the globe

Written by
Natalie Sanders
Posted on
30th January 2026

Plants face a fundamental coordination problem: how much carbon to invest in water transport tissues to support a given leaf area. Too little sapwood, and water supply limits photosynthesis; too…Read More >

How plants balance water transport and photosynthesis across the globe

Coordination of plant hydraulic and photosynthetic traits: confronting optimality theory with field measurements.

Written by
Rhona Phipps
Posted on
18th August 20219th August 2022

Recently accepted paper for publication in New Phytologist  https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.17656   Huiying Xu, Tsinghua University writes: “Close coupling between water loss and CO2 uptake processes lead to the long-observed coordination between hydraulic…Read More >

Coordination of plant hydraulic and photosynthetic traits: confronting optimality theory with field measurements.
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