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The relation between the relative water content (R) and the pressure potential can be expressed through the coefficient of enlargement (e). The assumption that e does not vary with R is for many leaves a useful first approximation even when R is so low that pressure potential is negative. e is estimated at between 7 and 84 bars for various leaf types.
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J. W. Wilson (1967) studied this question.
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