How Plants Chill Out: Plants Elongate Their Stems to Cool Their Leaves

How Plants Chill Out: Plants Elongate Their Stems to Cool Their Leaves
May 21, 2012,
ScienceDaily.com

Plants elongate their stems when grown at high temperature to facilitate the cooling of their leaves, according to new research from the University of Bristol recently published in Current Biology. Understanding why plants alter their architecture in response to heat is important as increasing global temperatures pose a threat to future food production.

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The above story is reprinted from materials provided by University of Bristol.