The cross-section of leaf and shoot venation anatomy of two willows.

Muhammad Waseem et al. compared #Hydraulic and #Gas-exchangeTraits between these two closely related #Salix species-- #SalixBabylonica and #SalixMatsudana, found that the later had higher #WaterUseEfficiency and #HydraulicSafety. Therefore, it could adapt to #AridEnvironments
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