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November 1, 2025The Plant JournalOpen Access

Using leaf and stomatal traits to predict biomass production and water use efficiency in Populus

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JWJiaxin WangHRHeidi J. Renninger

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Research demonstrates that leaf traits predict biomass production and water use efficiency in Populus, indicating pathways to optimize growth.

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  • The goal of this research is to determine if leaf and stomatal traits can predict biomass production and water use efficiency in Populus species.
  • Used eastern cottonwood and Populus hybrids across two field sites in Mississippi
  • Measured leaf traits including leaf mass per area, biomass production, and water use efficiency
  • Utilized factorial analysis of mixed data and weighted multiple linear regression models to analyze data
  • Biomass production showed positive relations with leaf mass per area and petiole length
  • Intrinsic water use efficiency was negatively associated with foliar nitrogen and carbon isotopic ratios
  • Weighted models explained 80%-91% of the variation in biomass production and water use efficiency

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Wang et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69254377c0ce034ddc358a43https://doi.org/10.1111/tpj.70553
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