Study Solves Mystery of What Limits Plants to Pull Water From Dry Soil
Cal State Fullerton plant biologist H. Jochen Schenk and his international collaborators found why plants can’t survive and function in the driest of soils, including the physical limits to the amount of suction plants can produce to move water up to their leaves. The researchers describe their findings in a new peer-reviewed study published April 27 in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.