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Water is vital to life on earth. No one will dispute that statement. We can therefore consider the question “do plants need water?” to be answered in the affirmative and digress to a discussion of the next two questions: “what do plants need water for?” and “how can we get an insight into the presence or availability of water?”
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Schurer, K. (1986). Water and Plants. In: Gensler, W.G. (eds) Advanced Agricultural Instrumentation. NATO ASI Series, vol 111. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-4404-6_15
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