Plants have unexpected adaptation mechanisms to drought

2024-09-02 15:27:18

INTRODUCTION – A group of researchers evaluated the diversity of tricks developed by plants to cope with drought and predators. And it seems that species from dry areas are much more resourceful than those from tropical areas.

Salt, calcium, aluminum, this is the recipe found by certain plants to adapt to dry temperatures on earth. The superior conditions of these plants have learned to overcome through many adaptation processes, the result of millions of years of evolution. And if we compare to more tropical areas, the strategies adopted by plant species to face the constraints of their habitat are not far from being different.

It is enough to think that during their evolutionary history, plants from dry areas have shown great creativity. This is the end of us study published in the journal Creation which convened an international group including 121 scientists from twenty-seven countries. « Until then, 90 % of current knowledge is related to agricultural species and species from temperate regions while arid regions receive 50 % of land surface&nbsp