School of Agriculture and Food, Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3010, Australia.
School of Agriculture and Food, Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3010, Australia.
J Plant Physiol. 2018 Aug;227:1-2. doi: 10.1016/j.jplph.2018.06.008. Epub 2018 Jun 18.
Vascular plants are major intermediaries in the global water cycle, and are highly adapted to both facilitate and resist water fluxes, such as during root uptake, translocation in the xylem, and transpiration by leaves. Here, we summarize the contributions to a Special Issue on water in the Journal of Plant Physiology, which cluster around the theme of control and facilitation of water movement in plants. We conclude with an editorial view of the need for plant physiologists to consider larger cultural issues surrounding water use, especially in terms of the increasing agricultural demand for water to produce animal feed, with its associated trophic nutritive losses and environmental damage.
维管植物是全球水循环中的主要中介，它们高度适应于促进和抵抗水流，例如在根系吸收、木质部中的转运以及叶片蒸腾过程中。在这里，我们总结了《植物生理学杂志》特刊中关于水的专题的贡献，这些贡献围绕着控制和促进植物中水分运动的主题。最后，我们从编辑的角度来看待植物生理学家需要考虑与水利用有关的更大的文化问题，特别是在为生产动物饲料而增加的农业对水的需求方面，以及随之而来的营养损失和环境破坏。
