Table 3. Effect of temperature on stomatal conductance, transpiration rate, vapor pressure deficit of leaf-air and water use efficiency of Salvia miltiorrhiza Bunge exposed to LED at 1,000 μmol/m2/s of photosynthetic photon density, 400 ppm CO2

Temperature Stomatal conductance (mmol/m2/s) Transpiration rate (mmol H2O/m2/s) Vapor pressure deficit (kPa) Water use efficiency (μmol CO2/mmol H2O)
20°C 0.035a1) 0.698b 1.918c 7.108a
25°C 0.024b 0.720a 2.848b 4.955b
30°C 0.012c 0.507c 4.023a 3.311b
Values represent the mean (n=3). Means with different letters are significantly different at p<0.05 probability level by Duncan’s multiple range test.