Evaporative flux method of leaf hydraulic conductance estimation: sources of uncertainty and reporting format recommendation

Table 1 Influences of ambient photosynthetically active radiation (PARa), temperatureand airflow rate on E, ψ_final and K_leaf in O. sativa

Environment	E (mmol m⁻² s⁻¹)		Ψ_final (MPa)		K_leaf (mmol m⁻² s⁻¹ MPa⁻¹)
PARa (µmol m⁻² s⁻¹)
500	5.68 ± 0.147	***	− 0.32 ± 0.023	ns	16.0 ± 1.13	*
1000	8.75 ± 0.328		− 0.31 ± 0.01		26.8 ± 1.49
1500	9.22 ± 0.707		− 0.38 ± 0.04		18.7 ± 2.28
T_air (°C)
37	10.00 ± 0.361	***	− 0.36 ± 0.01	ns	23.0 ± 1.03	*
27	7.01 ± 0.308	***	− 0.29 ± 0.03	ns	27.1 ± 1.01	*
Airflow (m s⁻¹)
1.0	5.14 ± 0.111	*	− 0.28 ± 0.03	ns	20.9 ± 2.91	ns
0	4.66 ± 0.157	*	− 0.34 ± 0.04	ns	16.6 ± 3.02	ns

mean ± se, significant differences are indicated: ***P < 0.001; **P < 0.01; *P < 0.05
ns, no significance

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