Impact of stomatal density and morphology on water-use efficiency in a changing world

LT Bertolino, RS Caine, JE Gray - Frontiers in plant science, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Global warming and associated precipitation changes will negatively impact on many
agricultural ecosystems. Major food production areas are expected to experience reduced …

Systemic effects of rising atmospheric vapor pressure deficit on plant physiology and productivity

J López, DA Way, W Sadok - Global Change Biology, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Earth is currently undergoing a global increase in atmospheric vapor pressure deficit (VPD),
a trend which is expected to continue as climate warms. This phenomenon has been …

Rice with reduced stomatal density conserves water and has improved drought tolerance under future climate conditions

RS Caine, X Yin, J Sloan, EL Harrison… - New …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Much of humanity relies on rice (Oryza sativa) as a food source, but cultivation is water
intensive and the crop is vulnerable to drought and high temperatures. Under climate …

The influences of stomatal size and density on rice abiotic stress resilience

RS Caine, EL Harrison, J Sloan, PM Flis… - New …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
A warming climate coupled with reductions in water availability and rising salinity are
increasingly affecting rice (Oryza sativa) yields. Elevated temperatures combined with …

Biochar mitigates salinity stress in potato

SS Akhtar, MN Andersen, F Liu - Journal of agronomy and crop …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
A pot experiment was conducted in a climate‐controlled greenhouse to investigate the
growth, physiology and yield of potato in response to salinity stress under biochar …

Maximum leaf conductance driven by CO2 effects on stomatal size and density over geologic time

PJ Franks, DJ Beerling - Proceedings of the National …, 2009 - National Acad Sciences
Stomatal pores are microscopic structures on the epidermis of leaves formed by 2
specialized guard cells that control the exchange of water vapor and CO2 between plants …

The mechanical diversity of stomata and its significance in gas-exchange control

PJ Franks, GD Farquhar - Plant physiology, 2007 - academic.oup.com
Given that stomatal movement is ultimately a mechanical process and that stomata are
morphologically and mechanically diverse, we explored the influence of stomatal …

Differential coordination of stomatal conductance, mesophyll conductance, and leaf hydraulic conductance in response to changing light across species

D Xiong, C Douthe, J Flexas - Plant, cell & environment, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Stomatal conductance (gs) and mesophyll conductance (gm) represent major constraints to
photosynthetic rate (A), and these traits are expected to coordinate with leaf hydraulic …

Transcription factors and regulation of photosynthetic and related metabolism under environmental stresses

NJM Saibo, T Lourenço, MM Oliveira - Annals of botany, 2009 - academic.oup.com
Background Environmental conditions, such as water supply, temperature and salinity,
strongly affect plant growth and development. Extremes of these conditions (abiotic stresses) …

Modeling plant–water interactions: an ecohydrological overview from the cell to the global scale

S Fatichi, C Pappas, VY Ivanov - Wiley Interdisciplinary …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Vegetation and the water cycles are inherently coupled across a wide range of spatial and
temporal scales. Water availability interacts with plant ecophysiology and controls …