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Despite appearing to recover, sunflowers retain drought damage

phys.org · 3hShare

Sunflowers are unable to fully recover from drought, new research has found, contradicting previous findings on the plant's ability to reverse drought-induced failure of water-transporting tissues and revealing new insights into how drought affects plants.

First report: Nature: Sunflowers in South Dakota — cbsnews.com, 1d