The Effects of Water Stress on the Enviroment
Title: The Effects of Water Stress on the Enviroment
Category: /Science & Technology
Details: Words: 1560 | Pages: 6 (approximately 235 words/page)
The Effects of Water Stress on the Enviroment
Category: /Science & Technology
Details: Words: 1560 | Pages: 6 (approximately 235 words/page)
INTRODUCTION
Water is required for all life processes and often limits plant development. For example, when the grass does not receive sufficient water, its growth slows and ceases long before it starts to look sick and turn brown. Water is required to maintain cell turgidity and to provide a substrate and medium for chemical reactions and for the transport of mineral ions in the plant; also when transpired from the leaves, water is of some
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