GUJARAT POWER

ENGINEERING &
RESEARCH INSTITUTE
PROF. MADHU TRIVEDI
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
PROF. BHARGAV MAJMUNDAR
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
CIVIL DEPARTMENT
G.P.E.R.I. MEWAD Patel Vivek p(151040106034)
Prajapati Ronak (151040106041)
Rajgor gopal (151040106043)
TRANSPIRATION AND ITS
MEASUREMENT
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION

 Factors Affecting Transpiration

 Measurement of Transpiration
 FACTORS AFFECTING
TRANSPIRATION
 Practically, all the meteorological factors that
affect evaporation, influence transpiration
also. In addition, the following factors affect
transpiration:
i. Sunlight
ii. Moisture available
iii. Stage of plant development
 SUNLIGHT
• It should be understood that transpiration
occurs during photosynthesis, which usually
occur the sun light and hence, most of the
transpiration will be occur during the day light
hour.
• About 95% of the transpiration occurs during
the day time.
 MOISTURE AVAILABLE
• Transpiration is limited by the rate of moisture
that become available to the plants.
• The transpiration loss, not only depends upon the
available sunlight, but also upon the available
moisture.
• The plant extract water between field capacity
and the writing point.
• If the water available is less than the wiling point
then the plants may not be able to water from the
soil. Thus, may effect transpiration.
STAGE OF PLANT DEVELOPMENT
• Transpiration depend upon the plant growth.
• Different plants will evidently transpire
different amount of water.
• Transpiration will also be influenced by the
type of characteristics of the plants.
• The growth of the plant is more during its
early stage.
• Transpiration varies accordingly.
 MEASUREMENT OF
TRANSPIRAION
• Transpiration can be measured by in terms of
the depth of water transmitted daily or
annually.
i. Phytometer method
ii. Transpiration Ratio
 PHYTOMETER METHOD:
• A phytometer provides a practical method for
measuring transpiration.
• This is the most important and widely used
method. This is a large filled with soil in which
one or two plantare rooted.
• the instrument consists of a closed and water-tight
tank, containing sufficient earth to nourish the
plant.
• The soil surface sealed to prevent evaporation
from the soil.
• Water is applied, only artificially, till the plant
is growth is completed.
• The initial weight of the instrument along with
the soil and plants is recorded. The instrument
along with the soil and the plant is recorded.
• The instruments also weighed at the end of the
experiment. Water required during the growth
is measured. Thus, the transpiration loss can be
work out by observing the weight of the
instrument over a known period.
• Transpiration loss T = (W1 + W) – W2
 WHERE, W1= initial weight of the instrument
W2= final weight of the instument
W = total weight of water added
during full growth of the plant
T= loss due to transpiration
• A small phytometer containing water only is
known as potometer.
 TRANSPIRATION RATIO
• Different plants will evidently transpire
different amount of water; and , hence, their
water consuming characteristics are compared
by a term, called transpiration ratio (T.R.).
• It is defined as the ratio of the mass of water
transpired by the plant in is full growth period,
to the mass of the dry matter produced.
Thus,
• T.R.= Total mass of water transpired by
the plant during its full growth
mass of dry matter produced
• For a given kind of plant, the T.R. varies
widely, depending upon the region and its
climate.