How 'Zombie' Grapevines Survive Drought

Guillaume Charrier (1) , Ruth Schuster (2)

1 PIAF - Laboratoire de Physique et Physiologie Intégratives de l’Arbre en environnement Fluctuant
2 Revue Haaretz

They didn’t evolve in the desert but grapevines are bizarrely resistant to developing embolisms that kill other drought-stricken plants, which could help explain the 8000-year old wine industry

Mots clés: drought; grapevine

Mots clés: sécheresse; vigne

Domaines: Biologie végétale

Guillaume Charrier, Ruth Schuster. How 'Zombie' Grapevines Survive Drought. 2018, 2 p. ⟨hal-01853725⟩