Water (H2O) is essential for life (i.e. carbon-based life) because this molecule has unique chemical properties. First, water is a universal solvent that helps cells to transport and use essential molecules (e.g., oxygen and nutrients). Second, water molecules help cells to maintain their shape/structure by generating pressure within the cells. Third, the polarity of water helps the formation of phospholipidic membranes because phospholipids have polar heads that interact with water and nonpolar tails that interact with each other. Fourth, water has a high heat capacity, thereby helping to regulate the temperature in the (intracellular) environment. Finally, water molecules also have unique adhesion and cohesion properties that enable the movement of substances against gravity (adhesion) and create a surface tension (cohesion) that helps to the formation of bubbles with water.
Additionally, a series of GM crops have modified to express traits like an efficient use of soil nitrogen, which directly increases agricultural yield while reducing the use of fertilizers, and the new generation of diverse drought-tolerant, heat-tolerant and salinity-tolerant crops, which will increase the final yield
One of the differences between the cell membrane and the cell wall is in the type of organisms that they are found in. A cell wall is found in plants only. A cell membrane is found in all organisms including plants. Present only in plants, and in some fungi, bacteria, algae.
