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Nature 425, 361 (25 September 2003) | doi:10.1038/425361a
Plant biology: Water gate
N. Michele Holbrook1 & Maciej A. Zwieniecki1
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Abstract
Flooding reduces the ability of roots to absorb water. The molecular basis for this paradox involves the regulation of water-channel proteins by the pH inside root cells.
Plants are among the thirstiest of creatures. Of the more than 60 trillion tonnes of water that cycles each year from the land to the atmosphere, nearly two-thirds passes through the bodies of living land plants1.
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