Mechanisms of woody-plant mortality under rising drought, CO2 and vapour pressure deficit

NG McDowell, G Sapes, A Pivovaroff… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2022 - nature.com
Drought-associated woody-plant mortality has been increasing in most regions with multi-
decadal records and is projected to increase in the future, impacting terrestrial climate …

[HTML][HTML] Ascorbic acid—The little-known antioxidant in woody plants

K Bilska, N Wojciechowska, S Alipour, EM Kalemba - Antioxidants, 2019 - mdpi.com
Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are constantly produced by metabolically active plant cells.
The concentration of ROS may determine their role, eg, they may participate in signal …

[HTML][HTML] Advances and promises of epigenetics for forest trees

J Amaral, Z Ribeyre, J Vigneaud, MD Sow, R Fichot… - Forests, 2020 - mdpi.com
The importance of tree genetic variability in the ability of forests to respond and adapt to
environmental changes is crucial in forest management and conservation. Along with …

Molecular bases of responses to abiotic stress in trees

M Estravis-Barcala, MG Mattera… - Journal of …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Trees are constantly exposed to climate fluctuations, which vary with both time and
geographic location. Environmental changes that are outside of the physiological favorable …

Chromosome doubling mediates superior drought tolerance in Lycium ruthenicum via abscisic acid signaling

S Rao, Y Tian, X Xia, Y Li, J Chen - Horticulture research, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Plants are continuously affected by unfavorable external stimuli, which influences their
productivity and growth. Differences in gene composition and expression patterns lead …

Transcriptional regulation modulates terpenoid biosynthesis of Pinus elliottii under drought stress

Y Zhang, S Diao, X Ding, J Sun, Q Luan… - Industrial Crops and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Global climate change has increased the frequency and severity of droughts, which may
affect the biosynthesis of coniferous terpenes, but the regulatory mechanism is still unclear …

[HTML][HTML] Warming appears as the main risk of non-adaptedness for western Mediterranean relict fir forests under expected climate change scenarios

B Méndez-Cea, I García-García, JC Linares… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Circum-Mediterranean firs are considered among the most drought-sensitive species to
climate change. Understanding the genetic basis of trees' adaptive capacity and intra …

Rapid starch degradation in the wood of olive trees under heat and drought is permitted by three stress‐specific beta amylases

M Tsamir‐Rimon, S Ben‐Dor, E Feldmesser… - New …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Carbon reserve use is a major drought response in trees, enabling tree survival in
conditions prohibiting photosynthesis. However, regulation of starch metabolism under …

Environmental stress and transposons in plants

H Ito - Genes & Genetic Systems, 2022 - jstage.jst.go.jp
Transposons were once thought to be junk repetitive DNA in the genome. However, their
importance gradually became apparent as it became clear that they regulate gene …

Characterization of defensive cadinenes and a novel sesquiterpene synthase responsible for their biosynthesis from the invasive Eupatorium adenophorum

Y Liu, SH Luo, J Hua, DS Li, Y Ling, Q Luo… - New …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Eupatorium adenophorum is a malignant invasive plant possessing extraordinary defense
potency, but its chemical weaponry and formation mechanism have not yet been extensively …