The Amazing System Plants Use to Shape Their Roots and Why it Could Help Protect Crops From Climate Change

tree g70106c19a 1920 The Amazing System Plants Use to Shape Their Roots and Why it Could Help Protect Crops From Climate Change

Takeaways:

  • Researchers have found that plants use a system called hydrosignalling to manage where roots branch in response to water availability in the soil.
  • They also found that leaves can stop water loss during drought by closing micro-pores on their surfaces.
  • Roots from tomato, thale cress, maize, wheat and barley all respond to moisture in this way.

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