Hydraulic architecture in plants towards improving irrigation systems
Thursday, September 18, 2014 - 07:10
in Biology & Nature
As with the humans, plants have an elaborate circulatory network that supplies water throughout the cellular structure. The study of this network dates back more than 200 years, although some attribute the early research on the complex process that is now called "plant hydraulic architecture" to Leonardo Da Vinci, and among its various applications, it has helped make vineyard irrigation systems more efficient.