(ˈstəʊmətəl, ˈstɒm-) or stomatous (ˈstɒmətəs, ˈstəʊ-)
adjective
of, relating to, or possessing stomata or a stoma
stomatal in American English
(ˈstoʊmətəl)
adjective
of or having a stoma
stomatal in American English
(ˈstɑmətl, ˈstoumə-)
adjective
1.
of, pertaining to, or of the nature of a stoma
2.
having stomata
Word origin
[1860–65; stomat- + -al1]This word is first recorded in the period 1860–65. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Paleolithic, monism, mutualism, raider, trade name
Examples of 'stomatal' in a sentence
stomatal
Stomatal cells are surrounded by 6-8 other epidermal cells and are located below these.
Aneta Sulborska, Agata Konarska, Piotr Chmielewski 2014, 'Micromorphology of flowers and the structure of floral nectaries in Orobanche alsaticaKirschl.', Modern Phytomorphologyhttp://phytomorphology.org/PDF/MP6/06023023.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Urban leaves were smaller, thinner and with higher stomatal and crystal density.
Edenise Segala Alves, Fernanda Tresmondi, Eduardo Luiz Longui 2008, 'Análise estrutural de folhas de Eugenia uniflora L. (Myrtaceae) coletadas em ambientesrural e urbano, SP, Brasil Leaf anatomy of Eugenia uniflora L. (Myrtaceae) in urbanand rural environments, São Paulo State, Brazil', Acta Botânica Brasílicahttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-33062008000100023. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The physiological parameters were: photosynthetic rate, stomatal conductance, transpiration, leaf temperature and plant dry weight.
M.R.R. Pereira, G.S.F. Souza, D. Martins, A.L. Melhorança Filho, A.E. Klar 2011, 'Respostas de plantas de Eleusine indica sob diferentes condições hídricas a herbicidasinibidores da ACCase Responses of Eleusine indica plants under different water conditionsto ACCase-inhibiting herbicides', Planta Daninhahttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-83582011000200017. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Stomatal opening and closing are controlled by many transporter proteins in guard cells.
Takashi Kuromori, Eriko Sugimoto, Haruka Ohiraki, Kazuko Yamaguchi-Shinozaki, KazuoShinozaki 2017, 'Functional relationship of AtABCG21 and AtABCG22 in stomatal regulation', Scientific Reportshttp://link.springer.com/article/10.1038/s41598-017-12643-6. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Drought stress decreased stomatal conductance, photosynthesis and transpiration rates in all the species.
Walter de Paula Lima, Paul Jarvis, Sophia Rhizopoulou 2003, 'Stomatal responses of Eucalyptus species to elevated CO2 concentration and droughtstress Resposta estomática ao aumento da concentração do CO2 atmosférico e ao estressehídrico de espécies de Eucalyptus', Scientia Agricolahttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-90162003000200005. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Microscope images are often used to analyze stomatal behavior in plants.
Hiranya Jayakody, Scarlett Liu, Mark Whitty, Paul Petrie 2017, 'Microscope image based fully automated stomata detection and pore measurement methodfor grapevines', Plant Methodshttp://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13007-017-0244-9. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The changes in the stomatal apparatus did not affect the stomatal conductance.
Anne eHennig, Anne eHennig, Jörg R.G. Kleinschmit, Sebastian eSchoneberg, Sonja eLöffler,Alwin eJanßen, Andrea ePolle 2015, 'Water consumption and biomass production of protoplast fusion lines of poplar hybridsunder drought stress', Frontiers in Plant Sciencehttp://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpls.2015.00330/full. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Both leaf attributes and stomatal traits are linked to water economy in land plants.
Shi-Bao Zhang, Zhi-Jie Guan, Mei Sun, Juan-Juan Zhang, Kun-Fang Cao, Hong Hu 2012, 'Evolutionary association of stomatal traits with leaf vein density in Paphiopedilum,Orchidaceae.', PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3386932?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)