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The effect of light intensity on stomatal frequency in leaves ofIris hollandica hort., var. wedgwood

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Biologia Plantarum

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Stomatal frequency in leaves of plants of Iris hollandica, cultivated under four light intensities, about 12%, 37%, 75% and 100% of natural daylight, was studied. The stomatal frequency decreases with lower light intensities. The gradients of stomatal frequency of successive leaves show an increase up to the third or fourth leaf with a subsequent decrease of values up to the highest leaf. The total number of stomata per leaf is not constant; differences exist in successive leaves of a shoot as well as among the leaves of plants growing under various light intensities. The character of gradients was changed at lower light intensities. The largest reaction to the light intensity appeared in leaves with higher stomatal frequency. The gradients in individual leaves depend on the insertion of the leaf. Both the shape and the slope of these gradients are influenced by the light intensity.

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Pazourek, J. The effect of light intensity on stomatal frequency in leaves ofIris hollandica hort., var. wedgwood. Biol Plant 12, 208–215 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02920869

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