Water Absorption from the Atmosphere by Plants Growing in Dry Soil

Stone, E. C.; Went, F. W.; Young, Christopher

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“…Numerous publications reports on the ability of plants to absorb dew (Andrade, 2003;Babu & Went, 1978;Baier, 1966;Boucher, Munson, & Bernier, 1995;Caird, Richards, & Donovan, 2007;Duvdevani, 1957Duvdevani, , 1964Foster, Pribush, & Carter, 1990;Gouvre & Grammatikopoulos, 2003;Hill et al, 2015;Katz, Oren, Schulze, & Milburn, 1989;Kim & Lee, 2011;Long, 1958;Monteith, 1957;Stone, Shachori, & Stanley, 1956;Stone, Went, & Young, 1950;Suárez & Gloser, 1982;Waisel, 1958;Zhuang & Ratcliffe, 2012) and fog (Leyton & Armitage, 1968;Suarez and Glosser, 1982;Katz et al, 1989;Smith & McClean, 1989;Yates & Hutley, 1995;Hutley, Doley, Yates, & Boonsaner, 1997;Berry & Smith, 2013;Burges & Dawson, 2004;Fischer et al, 2009;Eller, Lima, & Oliveira, 2013;Goldsmith, 2013). Numerous publications reports on the ability of plants to absorb dew (Andrade, 2003;Babu & Went, 1978;Baier, 1966;Boucher, Munson, & Bernier, 1995;Caird, Richards, & Donovan, 2007;Duvdevani, 1957Duvdevani, , 1964Foster, Pribush, &a...…”

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Measurements and ecological implications of non‐rainfall water in desert ecosystems—A review

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Starinsky

2019

Ecohydrology

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The current review focuses on the contribution of non-rainfall water (NRW) to arid and semiarid regions (with a focus on the Negev), where NRW may provide a constant source of water that may facilitate the survival of different organisms, especially microorganisms. Factors that determine the amounts of NRW and the contribution of NRW to plants and organisms are discussed. Nevertheless, although important, significant variation exists regarding the amounts of NRW, which may stem from improper use or inherent drawbacks of some of the measurement devices. This may lead to erroneous conclusions regarding the possible role played by NRW. For instance, with prokaryotes (bacteria and cyanobacteria) requiring liquid water (≥0.1 mm) for growth, small inaccuracies in NRW around this threshold may either lead to the conclusion that NRW is sufficiently high to facilitate their growth, or rather, is too low to facilitate their growth. Arguing that some of the devices used to measure NRW may greatly overestimate the amounts, the possible contribution of NRW to soil bacteria and cyanobacterial biocrusts is analysed. We suggest that although NRW may assist the growth and survival of mosses and some types of lichens (mostly non-crustose), no conclusive findings were thus far reported regarding the use of dew for cyanobacteria growth. The use of dew by cyanobacterial crust for growth should be critically examined, and the possibility that NRW may even result in a negative carbon balance for cyanobacterial crusts should be considered.

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Measurements and ecological implications of non‐rainfall water in desert ecosystems—A review

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Starinsky

2019

Ecohydrology

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“…Other workers reported that high humidity increased the absorption of foliarapplied urea, 2,4-D, and maleic hydrazide (Volk & McAuliff, 13; Zukel et al, 16;Pallas,10). It has been reported also that plants might absorb water fronm humid air through the leaves by a reversal of the normal transpiration stream, a process termed "negative transpiration" (Stone et al,12; Breazeale et al, 2,3).…”

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Effects of High Humidity on Translocation of Foliar-Applied Labeled Compounds in Plants Part: I

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“…Despite the identifi cation of numerous species that exhibit foliar uptake in a variety of ecosystems (e.g., Stone et al, 1950 ;Rundel, 1982 ;Boucher et al, 1995 ;Burgess and Dawson, 2004 ;Oliveira et al, 2005 ;Breshears et al, 2008 ;Limm et al, 2009 ), it is not yet known if foliar uptake capacity varies signifi cantly within species. If foliar uptake capacity varies signifi cantly across the landscape from either plasticity or genotypic differences among populations, then the magnitude of plant hydration following fog or cloud inundation may vary regionally.…”

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Polystichum munitum (Dryopteridaceae) varies geographically in its capacity to absorb fog water by foliar uptake within the redwood forest ecosystem

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Dawson

2010

American J of Botany

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Water Absorption from the Atmosphere by Plants Growing in Dry Soil

Cited by 48 publications

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Measurements and ecological implications of non‐rainfall water in desert ecosystems—A review

Measurements and ecological implications of non‐rainfall water in desert ecosystems—A review

Effects of High Humidity on Translocation of Foliar-Applied Labeled Compounds in Plants Part: I

Polystichum munitum (Dryopteridaceae) varies geographically in its capacity to absorb fog water by foliar uptake within the redwood forest ecosystem

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