Mechanisms of mast seeding: resources, weather, cues, and selection

IS Pearse, WD Koenig, D Kelly - New Phytologist, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Mast seeding is a widespread and widely studied phenomenon. However, the physiological
mechanisms that mediate masting events and link them to weather and plant resources are …

Carbon dynamics in trees: feast or famine?

A Sala, DR Woodruff, FC Meinzer - Tree physiology, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Research on the degree to which carbon (C) availability limits growth in trees, as well as
recent trends in climate change and concurrent increases in drought-related tree mortality …

Leaf mineral nutrient remobilization during leaf senescence and modulation by nutrient deficiency

A Maillard, S Diquélou, V Billard, P Laîné… - Frontiers in plant …, 2015 - frontiersin.org
Higher plants have to cope with fluctuating mineral resource availability. However, strategies
such as stimulation of root growth, increased transporter activities, and nutrient storage and …

Why seedlings grow: influence of plant attributes

SC Grossnickle, JE MacDonald - New forests, 2018 - Springer
Successful forest restoration requires planting quality seedlings with optimal growth
potential. Thus, nurseries need to produce seedlings with plant attributes that favor the best …

Optimizing R ubisco and its regulation for greater resource use efficiency

E Carmo‐Silva, JC Scales, PJ Madgwick… - Plant, cell & …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Rubisco catalyses the carboxylation of ribulose‐1, 5‐bisphosphate (RuBP), enabling net
CO2 assimilation in photosynthesis. The properties and regulation of R ubisco are not …

Alteration of plant primary metabolism in response to insect herbivory

S Zhou, YR Lou, V Tzin, G Jander - Plant physiology, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Plants in nature, which are continuously challenged by diverse insect herbivores, produce
constitutive and inducible defenses to reduce insect damage and preserve their own fitness …

Temperate and boreal forest tree phenology: from organ-scale processes to terrestrial ecosystem models

N Delpierre, Y Vitasse, I Chuine, J Guillemot… - Annals of Forest …, 2016 - Springer
Key message We demonstrate that, beyond leaf phenology, the phenological cycles of wood
and fine roots present clear responses to environmental drivers in temperate and boreal …

Overexpression of Rubisco subunits with RAF1 increases Rubisco content in maize

CE Salesse-Smith, RE Sharwood, FA Busch… - Nature Plants, 2018 - nature.com
Rubisco catalyses a rate-limiting step in photosynthesis and has long been a target for
improvement due to its slow turnover rate. An alternative to modifying catalytic properties of …

Phloem transport and drought

S Sevanto - Journal of experimental botany, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Drought challenges plant water uptake and the vascular system. In the xylem it causes
embolism that impairs water transport from the soil to the leaves and, if uncontrolled, may …

[PDF][PDF] Does carbon storage limit tree growth?

S Palacio, G Hoch, A Sala, C Körner, P Millard - 2013 - digital.csic.es
Storage is a fundamental process that allows organisms to meet variable demand for 22
resources during their development and buffer environmental fluctuations in resource 23 …