To survive and reproduce under the conditions of limited oxygen supply, plants develop
morphological and biochemical features that are either constitutive or induced by flooding.
We performed a comparative study of the root cortex structure and alcohol dehydrogenase
(ADH) synthesis in widespread aerial-aquatic Sium latifolium and terrestrial S. sisaroideum
(Apiaceae) in response to changes in the soil water content to check the hypothesis that
plasticity of structural and metabolic traits may ensure survival and adaptation of these …