... sessile leaves, in each selected leaf, the base of the lam-ina was cut with a sharp blade, and then they were placed in the cham-ber with the main vein protruding through the chamber opening.RWC ... periods using the fol-lowing equation: RGR (g g−1d−1) = ln M2–lnM1/ t2– t1,whereM1 and M2are dry mass at the beginning and the end of the samplingperiod, and t1 and t2are the dates ... sieved topsoil of medium texture, and sand(3:1) (v/v) on August 1999. Seedlings were maintained during the whole experiment in a glasshouse located in the experimental field of the Faculty of Agronomy,...