Photosynthesis is one of the key processes to be affected by water deficits, via decreased
CO2 diffusion to the chloroplast and metabolic constraints. The relative impact of those …

Salt stress is said as the most harmful environmental issue affecting the agricultural
productivity of many crops, with deleterious effect on plant growth, physiological and …

Abstract Background and Aims Many individual studies have shown that the timing of leaf
senescence in boreal and temperate deciduous forests in the northern hemisphere is …

Since the publication of the third edition of the Handbook of Plant and Crop Stress,
continuous discoveries in the fields of plant and crop environmental stresses and their …

Global climate change is currently viewed as the most devastating threat to the environment,
and is now gaining considerable attention from farmers, researchers, and policy makers …

This study examined the ability of jasmonic acid (JA) to enhance drought tolerance in
different Brassica species in terms of physiological parameters, antioxidants defense, and …

Plants are sessile organisms that live under a constant barrage of biotic and abiotic insults.
Both biotic and abiotic stress factors have been shown to affect various aspects of plant …

Low soil water availability is the major environmental factor limiting plant growth and yield.
The objective of this study was to elucidate the mechanisms underlying photosynthesis …

The xanthophyll cycles of higher plants and algae represent an important photoprotection
mechanism. Two main xanthophyll cycles are known, the violaxanthin cycle of higher plants …

Several xanthophyll cycles have been described in photosynthetic organisms. Among them,
only two are present in higher plants: the ubiquitous violaxanthin (V) cycle, and the …