alt Hacker NewsAnd leaves can absorb moisture from water droplets on their leaves. Like from rain or foggy sea winds. Why go through a transport system when the water is right where it's needed?
And leaves can absorb moisture from water droplets on their leaves. Like from rain or foggy sea winds. Why go through a transport system when the water is right where it's needed?
water isnt all thats needed, solutes mined from soil, by the root system are required by the entire plant.
Water and solute movement in plants:
https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/anatomy-and-physiolo...
there is a disconnect between the roots and the xylem, its not a throughway, there is a switchover.
Plant Roots and Mineral Nutrition: An Overview of Molecular Basis of Uptake and Regulation, and Strategies to Improve Nutrient Use Efficiency (NUE)
https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-981-15-9380-2_...