Simple relations for different stomatal control mechanisms link partially drying soil and transpiration

Stomata can close to regulate plant water loss under unfavourable water availability. This closure can be triggered by hydraulic (‘H’) and/or chemical signals (‘C’, ‘H+C’). By combining plant hydraulic relations with a model for stomatal conductance, including chemical signalling, our aim was to derive a simple relation that links soil water availability, expressed as the fraction of roots in dry soil, to transpiration.