Juvenile plants of an epiphytic bromeliad exhibit rapid changes in carbohydrate content and antioxidant capacity to cope with water withholding

Global warming reduces water availability, exposing plants to more pronounced wet/dry cycles during their lifetime. Under these circumstances, epiphytic bromeliads can be more responsive due to their lack of contact with soil and high dependence on atmospheric water, especially in the case of juvenile individuals, which lose water more intensely than conspecific adults. In this study, we hypothesized that juvenile plants of Acanthostachys...