Dynamical Behaviors of Seed-Plant Stoma

Abstract

Stomata are important for plants as nodes linking the transpiration process and photosynthesis process. Accurate regulation of stomatal aperture balances water loss and carbon-dioxide uptake. In a recent work, a mathematical model is developed for seed-plant stomata, which exhibits rich dynamical behaviors and can semi-quantitatively explain responses of the stomata to environmental changes. In this work, we numerically study the dynamical behaviors of the stomatal model using phase diagrams with respect to a few important parameters. The phase diagrams are helpful for further validation of the model and experimental measurements of model parameters.