Milo operates a greenhouse for profit. One day he turns down the humidity controls. What will happen to the rate of transpiration of the plants in the greenhouse?
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As humidity increases, the water potential gradient across the inside and outside the leaf become more equal, and so the rate of transpiration decreases.
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