As an undergraduate research assistant, your duties involve measuring water potential in experimental soil-plant-atmosphere systems
Assume you make a series of measurements in a system under normal daylight conditions, with stomata open and photosynthesis occurring. Which of the following correctly depicts the trend your measurement data should follow if the cohesion-tension mechanism is operating? A) ?soil < ?roots = ?leaves < ?atmosphere
B) ?atmosphere < ?leaves = ?roots < ?soil
C) ?soil < ?roots < ?leaves < ?atmosphere
D) ?atmosphere < ?leaves < ?roots < ?soil
D
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