When water is abundant:
-Temporal regulation of stomata is used:
Open during the day
Closed at night
- At night, there is no photosynthesis, so no demand for CO2 inside the leaf.
- Sunny day = demand for CO2 in leaf is high = stomata wide open.
- As there is plenty of water, plant trades water loss for photosynthesis products.
- If the leaf's CO2 concentration is low, the stomata will stay open to continue fueling photosynthesis.
- High temperatures will also signal stomata to close.
- When limited water is available in the soil, plants try to prevent water loss.