Water deficiency compromises plant performance and yield in many habitats and in
agriculture. In addition to survival of the acute drought stress period which depends on plant …

The study of plant mitochondria started in earnest around 1950 with the first isolations of
mitochondria from animal and plant tissues. The first 35 years were spent establishing the …

Agriculture is expanding into regions that are affected by salinity. This review considers the
energetic costs of salinity tolerance in crop plants and provides a framework for a …

Drought is considered to cause oxidative stress, but the roles of oxidant-induced
modifications in plant responses to water deficit remain obscure. Key unknowns are the …

Alternative oxidase (AOX) is a non-energy conserving terminal oxidase in the plant
mitochondrial electron transport chain. While respiratory carbon oxidation pathways …

Photosynthesis is one of the key processes to be affected by water deficits, via decreased
CO2 diffusion to the chloroplast and metabolic constraints. The relative impact of those …

Drought is one of the most important phenomena which limit crops' production and yield.
Crops demonstrate various morphological, physiological, biochemical, and molecular …

We assessed whether diversity in plant hydraulic traits can explain the observed diversity in
plant responses to water stress in seasonally dry tropical forests (SDTF s). The Ecosystem …

Background Water deficit (WD) decreases photosynthetic rate (A) via decreased stomatal
conductance to CO2 (gs) and photosynthetic metabolic potential (A pot). The relative …

Drought and heat stress are among the two most important environmental factors influencing
crop growth, development, and yield processes. A comprehensive understanding of the …