Abiotic stress
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Abiotic stress is caused in living organisms by nonliving environmental factors, such as drought, extreme temperatures, soil conditions, and high winds. Plants are especially dependent on environmental factors, and continued abiotic stress can have harmful effects on them.
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- Adapted from the Wikipedia article, "Abiotic_stress" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abiotic_stress, used under the GNU Free Documentation License
