E registered were higher than those detected at the beginning of theexperiment. These higher transpiration values could be the reasonfor a more pronounced effect of evaporative cooling in FI during the9 and 14 DAT (Fig 3, Table 2). Moreover, comparing the Tleaf–airvalues registered in NI, which were unchanged over the study, withthose found in FI, we can see that, at 9 and 14 DAT the transpirationvalues were very low (close to zero) and this absence of transpi-ration promoted values of Tleaf–airsimilar to those detected at 0DAT (before to the desiccation process). The only explanation forthis finding would be the weather during the measurement days