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Environmental and Stress Physiology

Effects of Mild Water Stress and Diurnal Changes in Temperature and Humidity on the Stable Oxygen and Hydrogen Isotopic Composition of Leaf Water in Cornus stolonifera L. ¹

Department of Biology and Stable Isotope Ratio Facility for Environmental Research, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112

In this paper we make comparisons between the observed stable isotopic composition of leaf water and the predictions of the Craig-Gordon model of isotopic enrichment when plants (Cornus stolonifera L.) were exposed to natural, diurnal changes in temperature and humidity in a glasshouse. In addition, we determined the effects of mild water stress on the isotopic composition of leaf water. The model predicted different patterns of diurnal change for the oxygen and hydrogen isotopic composition of leaf water. The observed leaf water isotopic composition followed qualitatively similar patterns of diurnal change to those predicted by the model. At midday, however, the model always predicted a higher degree of heavy isotope enrichment than was actually observed in leaves. There was no effect of mild water stress on the hydrogen isotopic composition of leaf water. For the oxygen isotopic composition of leaf water, there was either no significant difference between control and water-stressed plants or the stressed plants had lower ¹⁸O values, despite the enriched stem water isotopic composition observed for the stressed plants.

¹ Supported by a grant from the Ecological Research Division, Office of Health and Environmental Research, U.S. Department of Energy. L.B.F. was supported by a postdoctoral fellowship from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada.

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