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ANNALS OF FOREST SCIENCE
Volume 67, Issue 1, Pages -Publisher
SPRINGER FRANCE
DOI: 10.1051/forest/2009085
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Eucalyptus; water potential; pressure volume; osmotic adjustment
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Alterations in plant chemistry underpin a suite of physiological adaptations to arid conditions. Qualitative and quantitative differences in leaf chemistry are found in the genus Eucalyptus correlating with physiological adaptation to aridity. Here we investigate seasonal water relations of three field grown eucalypt species grown at a common site known to differ in their ability to accumulate the cyclic sugar alcohol, quercitol. We show that quercitol contributes significantly to osmotic relations in field grown trees of Eucalyptus melliodora but is present only in trace amounts in E. rubida and E. obliqua. Measured concentrations of quercitol account for the difference in osmotic potentials between species and can be interpreted as a mechanism for adaptation to low water availability.
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