Researchers puncture 100-year-old theory of odd little 'water balloons'

ScienceDaily
Nov 22, 2023, 12:23 pm89 pts
Quinoa and many other extremely resilient plants are covered with strange balloon-like 'bladders' that for 127 years were believed to be responsible for protecting them from drought and salt. Research results reveal this not to be the case. These so-called bladder cells serve a completely different though…

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