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Design of a unidirectional water valve in Tillandsia

The bromeliad Tillandsia landbeckii thrives in the Atacama desert of Chile using the fog captured by specialized leaf trichomes to satisfy its water needs. However, it is still unclear how the trichome of T. landbeckii and other Tillandsia species is able to absorb fine water droplets during intermi...

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Autores principales: Raux, Pascal S., Gravelle, Simon, Dumais, Jacques
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6971078/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31959754
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-14236-5