The actual conditions of commercial sales and productions of 2 species of wild Rhododendrons growing on the Boso Peninsula were studied through fieldworks and interviews to gardeners. The results showed these 2 species were treated as the same plant in the marketplace, due to difficulties in visual differentiation. Sales of these plants were at their height during 1982-1985 when they were heavily hunted from their native habitat. The production of seedlings was started in the 1970' s with the great demand for them as garden trees.
Gui-Rui Yu, Tatsuaki Kobayashi, Jie Zhuang, Qiu-Feng Wang, Le-Qing Qu
Plant and Soil 249(2) 401-416 2003年2月
The study presents a theoretical basis of a stomatal behavior-based coupled model for estimating photosynthesis, A, and transpiration, E. Outputs of the model were tested against data observed in a maize (Zea mays L.) field. The model was developed by introducing the internal conductance, gic, to CO2 assimilation, and the general equation of stomatal conductance, gsw, to H2O diffusion, into models of CO2 and H2O diffusion through the stomata of plant leaves. The coupled model is easier for practical use since the model only includes environmental variables, such as ambient CO2 concentration, leaf temperature, humidity and photosynthetic photon flux received at the leaves within the canopy. Moreover, concept of gic, and factors controlling A and E were discussed, and applicability of the model was examined with the data collected in the maize field.