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Measurement of Transpiration by Indirect Evaporation.

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There is unequal transpiration from the two surfaces of a dorsiventral leaf.

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The number of stomata is more on the lower surface of a dorsiventral leaf, so more transpiration occurs from the lower (dorsal) surface of the leaf than upper (ventral) surface. And hence there is unequal transpiration occurs from the two sides in leaves.

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