Crops aimed at feeding an exponentially growing population are often exposed to a variety
of harsh environmental factors. Although plants have evolved ways of adjusting their …

Future increases in drought severity and frequency are predicted to have substantial impacts
on plant function and survival. However, there is considerable uncertainty concerning what …

Reclamation using fast-growing trees has great potential for agroforestry development on
former non-ferrous metal mining areas. However, the functional traits of ectomycorrhizal …

Every organism on the earth maintains some kind of interaction with its neighbours. As
plants are sessile, they sense the varied above-ground and below-ground environmental …

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) promote plants to absorb more water and nutrients and
improve their stress resistance. As the main signal transducer, the mitogen‐activated protein …

For tropical forests to survive anthropogenic global warming, trees will need to avoid rising
temperatures through range shifts and “species migrations” or tolerate the newly emerging …

Drought stress is one of the major abiotic factors limiting plant growth and causing
ecological degradation. The regulation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation and …

Tree growth and survival are dependent on their ability to perceive signals, integrate them,
and trigger timely and fitted molecular and growth responses. While ectomycorrhizal …

Increased tree mortality related to water limitation is documented for various species at
different sites globally. Nevertheless, our understanding of tree mortality effects on soil …

The appearance of water stress episodes triggers leaf abscission and decreases Ilex
paraguariensis yield. To explore the mechanisms that allow it to overcome dehydration, we …