Three species of cacti survived an average stem water loss of 81%. Fractional water loss
was greater from water-storage tissue than from the Chaenactis, as documented at the …

Future climate regimes characterized by rising [CO2], rising temperatures and associated
droughts may differentially affect tree growth and physiology. However, the interactive effects …

Thickness, relative water content (RWC), osmotic pressure, water potential isotherms, and
mucopolysaccharide content were measured for the photosynthetic chlorenchyma and the …

Cladodes (stem segments) of platyopuntias generally lose water as ambient temperatures
decrease, even when the plants are in wet soil. Two weeks after shifting plants from …

Effect of soil drought on concentrations of organic solutes in needles and roots of three
coniferous species (Cedrus atlantica Manetti, Pseudotsuga macrocarpa (Torr) Mayr …

Three tropical grasses, green panic (Panicum maximum var. trichoglume), buffel grass
(Cenchrus ciliaris), and spear grass (Heteropogon contortus), and a tropical legume, siratro …

The concentration of glucan, mucilage, soluble carbohydrates, and malic acid were
determined in Opuntia bigelovii Engelm. during a 23-week period. The experiment began …

To investigate the influence of winter climate on freezing tolerance at the population level,
minimum January air temperatures in the field and cold acclimation determined in the …

In a controlled environment chamber study, changes of diurnal gas exchange, malic and
citric acid accumulation, water relations and chlorophyll fluorescence in response to a short …

In rainfed Mediterranean areas, summer drought is the main factor affecting the persistence
of perennial grasses. Most available cultivars of Dactylis glomerata (cocksfoot) exhibit low …