Peter: Because the leaves of mildly drought-stressed plants are tougher in texture than the leaves of abundantly wate...

bcross June 20, 2020

Under watering leads to non normal growth?

Doesn’t Jennifer’s argument imply that by underwatering and causing pesticide toxins to develop, normal growth would be hindered? Thus contradicting Peter?

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BenMingov June 21, 2020

Hi Bcross, thanks for the question.

I think we need to be very specific with what Peter says, which is that as long as there is "no substantial threat" to the growth or yield.

By the way Jennifer introduces her reasoning, in saying that the plants will divert a small amount of its resources from normal growth, we can accept that this would not pose a substantial threat. In this light, she is not contradicting Peter.

I hope this helps. Please let me know if you have any other questions.