Delivery, uptake, fate, and transport of engineered nanoparticles in plants: a critical review and data analysis

Y Su, V Ashworth, C Kim, AS Adeleye… - Environmental …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
The increasing demand for food coupled to various environmental pressures, is increasing
the importance of sustainable agricultural practices. Based on results published across a …

The physicochemical hydrodynamics of vascular plants

AD Stroock, VV Pagay, MA Zwieniecki… - Annual review of …, 2014 - annualreviews.org
Plants live dangerously, but gracefully. To remain hydrated, they exploit liquid water in the
thermodynamically metastable state of negative pressure, similar to a rope under tension …

The role of freezing in setting the latitudinal limits of mangrove forests

SA Stuart, B Choat, KC Martin, NM Holbrook… - New …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Mangrove trees dominate coastal vegetation in tropical regions, but are completely replaced
by herbaceous salt marshes at latitudes above 32° N and 40° S. Because water deficit can …

Growth responses of the mangrove Avicennia marina to salinity: development and function of shoot hydraulic systems require saline conditions

HT Nguyen, DE Stanton, N Schmitz… - Annals of …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Background and Aims Halophytic eudicots are characterized by enhanced growth
under saline conditions. This study combines physiological and anatomical analyses to …

More than just a vulnerable pipeline: xylem physiology in the light of ion-mediated regulation of plant water transport

A Nardini, S Salleo, S Jansen - Journal of experimental botany, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Major restrictions to the hydraulic conductance of xylem (K XYL) in vascular plants have
traditionally been attributed to anatomical constraints. More recently, changes in the cationic …

The challenge of the Mediterranean climate to plant hydraulics: responses and adaptations

A Nardini, MAL Gullo, P Trifilò, S Salleo - Environmental and Experimental …, 2014 - Elsevier
Mediterranean-type biomes characterized by warm summers with a distinct drought period
lasting from 2 up to 10 months occur in several world regions including the Mediterranean …

Mangroves provide blue carbon ecological value at a low freshwater cost

KW Krauss, CE Lovelock, L Chen, U Berger, MC Ball… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract “Blue carbon” wetland vegetation has a limited freshwater requirement. One type,
mangroves, utilizes less freshwater during transpiration than adjacent terrestrial ecoregions …

Leaf water storage increases with salinity and aridity in the mangrove Avicennia marina: integration of leaf structure, osmotic adjustment and access to multiple water …

HT Nguyen, P Meir, L Sack, JR Evans… - Plant, Cell & …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Leaf structure and water relations were studied in a temperate population of Avicennia
marina subsp. australasica along a natural salinity gradient [28 to 49 parts per thousand …

Factors Contributing to Dwarfing in the Mangrove Avicennia marina

G Naidoo - Annals of botany, 2006 - academic.oup.com
Background and Aims In Richards Bay, South Africa, Avicennia marina frequently exhibits a
distinct productivity gradient, with tree height decreasing markedly from 6–10 m in the fringe …

New insights into the mechanisms of water-stress-induced cavitation in conifers

H Cochard, T Hölttä, S Herbette, S Delzon… - Plant …, 2009 - academic.oup.com
Cavitation resistance is a key parameter to understand tree drought tolerance but little is
known about the mechanisms of air entry into xylem conduits. For conifers three …