Drought survival of tropical tree seedlings enhanced by non-structural carbohydrate levels

MJ O'Brien, S Leuzinger, CD Philipson, J Tay… - Nature climate …, 2014 - nature.com
carbohydrates (NSCs) is posited as an important trait for resistance and resilience of forests
to climate-change-induced drought, … between NSCs and drought survival by manipulating …

Growth, carbohydrate reserves and drought survival strategies of contrasting Dactylis glomerata populations in a Mediterranean environment

F Volaire - Journal of Applied Ecology, 1995 - JSTOR
… role of carbohydrates in drought survival, by comparing the behaviour of a wider range of
cocksfoot populations that were likely to exhibit different strategies of response to drought in a …

Effects of drought on water relations, mineral uptake, water-soluble carbohydrate accumulation and survival of two contrasting populations of cocksfoot (Dactylis …

F Volaire, H Thomas - Annals of Botany, 1995 - Elsevier
… because KM2 is adapted to survival of extreme drought rather than to production under
moderate drought, for the following reasons. Resistance to moderate drought, such as occurs in …

Sacrificing growth and maintaining a dynamic carbohydrate storage are key processes for promoting beech survival under prolonged drought conditions

PA Chuste, P Maillard, N Bréda, J Levillain, E Thirion… - Trees, 2020 - Springer
… consequences of severe drought on survival rate, growth, and non-structural carbohydrate
(NSC… The survival rate after 3 years of drought was 87%, while primary and secondary growth …

Fire and drought: soluble carbohydrate storage and survival mechanisms in herbaceous plants from the Cerrado

MG de Moraes, MAM de Carvalho, AC Franco… - …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
… organs storing carbohydrates. Fructans and other soluble carbohydrates are claimed to be
… Cerrado play a significant role in tolerance to drought and fire, promoting the rapid recovery …

Survival strategies of citrus rootstocks subjected to drought

DDS Santana-Vieira, L Freschi, LAH Almeida… - Scientific Reports, 2016 - nature.com
… Compared with RL, the leaves and roots of SM exhibited higher concentrations of abscisic
acid and salicylic acid, which induced drought tolerance, and accumulation of carbohydrates

Relationship between carbohydrate partitioning and drought resistance in common bean

SM CUELLAR‐ORTIZ… - Plant, Cell & …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
… These data indicate that carbohydrate partitioning is affected by drought in common bean, …
development of drought-resistant cultivars. In addition, our results suggest that, in the drought-…

Patterns in nonstructural carbohydrate contents at the tree organ level in response to drought duration

W He, H Liu, Y Qi, F Liu, X Zhu - Global Change Biology, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
… Nonstructural carbohydrates (NSCs), as important substances involved in trees' life processes,
greatly affect the growth and even the survival of trees. Carbon starvation was suggested …

The effect of age of the sward on the relationship between water‐soluble carbohydrate accumulation and drought survival in two contrasted populations of cocksfoot …

F Volaire, JM Gandoin - Grass and Forage Science, 1996 - Wiley Online Library
… , drought survival is a major factor of persistence of perennial forage grasses. In the
island of Corsica, plant survival and changes in water-soluble carbohydrate (… , a drought-sensitive …

Production, persistence, and water-soluble carbohydrate accumulation in 21 contrasting populations of Dactylis glomerata L. subjected to severe drought in the south …

F Volaire, F Lelievre - Australian Journal of Agricultural Research, 1997 - CSIRO Publishing
Drought survival was best correlated with both … levels of summer dormancy. These results
emphasise the role of ontogeny in drought resistance and can be used to predict plant survival