I have been unsuccessfully (but briefly) searching the literature for incidences of plants and/or galls on plants cooling themselves substantially below ambient temperature. I have run across a fungal gall, with an associated gall midge larva, that is 6-10 degrees C colder than normal leaves and the ambient air temperature. I am aware of the capacity of certain plants to warm themselves, but this is the first time that I have encountered cooling. Is anyone familiar with such a phenomenon?
Thank you, Malia R. Malia Fincher, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Samford University Department of Biological and Environmental Science 800 Lakeshore Drive Birmingham, Alabama35229 [email protected] 205-726-2928 Fax 205-726-2479 Office 133 Propst Hall
