What are the factors effecting rate of transpiration? Give a method for the measurement of transpiration?

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What are the factors effecting rate of transpiration? Give a method for the measurement
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Transpiration is a physiological process. It is the loss of water in the form of vapours from the aerial surface of the plants. Water vapours are formed in the internal tissues. Transpiration is a slow process and can continue even when the air is saturated.

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There are two types of factors affecting the rate of transpiration. They are external (environmental) and internal (or plant) factors.

External or environmental factors:

  1. Relative Humidity
  2. Temperature
  3. Light
  4. Wind
  5. Availability of Water
  6. Atmospheric Pressure.

Internal Factors:

  1. Transpiring Area
  2. Root-Shoot Ratio
  3. Thickness of Cuticle
  4. Hair
  5. Stomata
  6. Internal Air Space
  7. Leaf Orientation
  8. Solute Concentration.
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