The earth rotates on its axis every 24 h, with the result that any position on the earth's
surface alternately faces toward or away from the sun—day and night. That the metabolism …

Incomplete stomatal closure during the night is observed in a diverse range of C3 and C4
species (Fig. 1; Supplemental Table S1) and can lead to substantial nighttime transpirational …

Circadian clocks are believed to confer an advantage to plants, but the nature of that
advantage has been unknown. We show that a substantial photosynthetic advantage is …

Background Microbial inhabitants of soils are important to ecosystem and planetary
functions, yet there are large gaps in our knowledge of their diversity and ecology. The …

The human body persists in its rhythm as per its initial time zone, and transition always occur
according to solar movements around the earth over 24 h. While traveling across different …

This review focuses on the regulation of root water uptake in plants which are exposed to
salt stress. Root water uptake is not considered in isolation but is viewed in the context of …

Despite the intensive management practices available to modern agriculture, drought and
salinity are still major constraints on crop production and food security. Yield losses to …

Thermal and chlorophyll fluorescence imaging are powerful tools for the study of spatial and
temporal heterogeneity of leaf transpiration and photosynthetic performance. The relative …

Unlike the short-term responses of photosynthesis to fluctuating irradiance, the long-term
response (ie, acclimation) at the chloroplast, leaf, and plant level has received less attention …

Yellow horn grows in northern China and has a high tolerance to drought and poor soil.
Improving photosynthetic efficiency and increasing plant growth and yield under drought …