A few weeks ago (January 20 – “Help, help, the sky is falling”) I started a discussion about an article appearing in the peer-reviewed journal New Phytologist. That posting focused on the methodology and results in the paper. Today let’s take a look at the authors’ underlying arguments (their introduction to the study) and their conclusions.
1) The authors’ premise is that “laymen and professionals alike commonly believe water drops on plants after rain or watering can cause leaf burn in sunshine.” … Continue reading this article “Water droplets and burned leaves, continued”