Concept of water potential was proposed by:
Go with B — Slatyer and Taylor. Under WATER POTENTIAL, this is the standard explanation you’d use in class: it names the real driver or definition, while the rest are nearby but wrong. Not these: A) Van’t Hoff; C) Meyer; D) Fick. When two options sound similar, choose the one that matches the textbook definition most tightly.
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