Plants, mainly the ones living in arid, mountainous and humid regions get the moisture needed for survival from mist in the leaves. But how exactly they manage this feat has been a bit of a mystery until now. A team of researchers in Japan unravelled the water collection-and-release secrets by studying the morphology and physiology of plants with tiny conical hairs or microfibers on the surface of their leaves. These variety includes tomatoes, balsam pears and ...
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