Melissa H. Mai

The paper examines how salt glands in plants reduce desalination energy costs by managing brine concentration and crack size to prevent dehydration.

This study shows that gibberellin significantly enhances germination of Nolana mollis and Heliotropium pycnophyllum seeds, while other treatments had no significant effect.

The paper develops a network model to show how transfusion tissue in conifer needles facilitates radial transport of sugar and water by separating their pathways, mitigating flow bottlenecks.