Transpiration Transport in Plants

Evaporation and Transpiration Basic Concepts transpiration Transpiration When the plant opens its stomata to let in carbon dioxide, water on the surface of the cells of the spongy mesophyll close spongy mesophyllThe transpiration TRANSPIRATION definition: 1 the process of losing water through the surface or skin of a body or a plant: 2 the process of… Learn more

transpiration Transpiration is caused by the evaporation of water at the leaf–atmosphere interface; it creates negative pressure equivalent to –2 MPa at the leaf