Micro (nano) plastics are emerging environmental contaminants of concern. The prevalence
of micro (nano) plastics in soils has aroused increasing interest regarding their potential …

The changes in the state of the climate have a high impact on perennial fruit crops thus
threatening food availability. Indeed, climatic factors affect several plant aspects, such as …

Climate models predict decreasing precipitation and increasing air temperature, causing
concern for the future of cocoa in the major producing regions worldwide. It has been …

Impaired carbon metabolism and reproductive development constrain crop productivity
during heat stress. Reproductive development is energy intensive, and its requirement for …

Drought stress is one of the extreme effects of climate change causing large losses in
production of crop plants. The risk of recurrent droughts has increased in next decades …

Stem water potential (Ψstem) is considered to be the standard measure of plant water status.
However, it is measured with the pressure chamber (PC), an equipment that can neither …

Bioretention systems are planted media filters used in stormwater infrastructure. Maintaining
plant growth and survival is challenging because most designs require significant sand …

Heat stress is one of the major abiotic stresses affecting the growth and yield-related
characters of wheat. Using various genetic approaches we can develop heat tolerant wheat …

Drought is now recognized as the abiotic stress that causes most problems in agriculture,
mainly due to the strong water demand from intensive culture and the effects of climate …

Stormwater with low temperatures and elevated salinity, common in areas where deicing
salt is used, might affect the removal of heavy metals by plants in stormwater treatment …