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World Service,11 Jul 2001,13 mins

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As one of the raw materials of photosynthesis, water is essential to plants. Professor Philip John from Reading University describes why it is also vital in many other respects. This is a programme from the BBC World Service Archive and was originally broadcast in 2001.

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