The optical properties of leaf structural elements and their contribution to photosynthetic performance and photoprotection

G Karabourniotis, G Liakopoulos, P Bresta… - Plants, 2021 - mdpi.com
Leaves have evolved to effectively harvest light, and, in parallel, to balance photosynthetic
CO2 assimilation with water losses. At times, leaves must operate under light limiting …

Monitoring oil contamination in vegetated areas with optical remote sensing: A comprehensive review

G Lassalle, S Fabre, A Credoz, D Dubucq… - Journal of hazardous …, 2020 - Elsevier
The monitoring of soil contamination deriving from oil and gas industry remains difficult in
vegetated areas. Over the last decade, optical remote sensing has proved helpful for this …

The economics spectrum drives root trait strategies in Mediterranean vegetation

EG de la Riva, JI Querejeta, R Villar… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Extensive research efforts are devoted to understand fine root trait variation and to confirm
the existence of a belowground root economics spectrum (RES) from acquisitive to …

Production of photocurrent and hydrogen gas from intact plant leaves

Y Shlosberg, MM Meirovich, O Yehezkeli… - Biosensors and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Here, we show that it is possible to harvest photocurrent directly from unprocessed plant
tissues from terrestrial or aquatic environments in bio-photoelectrochemical cells (BPECs) …

[HTML][HTML] Does the law of diminishing returns in leaf scaling apply to vines?–Evidence from 12 species of climbing plants

P Shi, Y Li, C Hui, DA Ratkowsky, X Yu… - Global Ecology and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Shapes, sizes and biomass investment per unit area (LMA) of vine leaves are characterized
by high diversity that results in variation in leaf arrangement, light harvesting efficiency and …

C3-species Calotropis procera increase specific leaf area and decrease stomatal pore size, alleviating gas exchange under drought and salinity

AS Melo, TS Yule, VA Barros, R Rivas… - Acta Physiologiae …, 2021 - Springer
Plants have developed several strategies, some of which are anatomical, to cope with
stressful environmental conditions, such as drought and salinity. At the leaf anatomical level …

Leaf microscopy applications in photosynthesis research: identifying the gaps

R Khoshravesh, N Hoffmann… - Journal of experimental …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Leaf imaging via microscopy has provided critical insights into research on photosynthesis
at multiple junctures, from the early understanding of the role of stomata, through elucidating …

Variability in the chloroplast area lining the intercellular airspace and cell walls drives mesophyll conductance in gymnosperms

LL Veromann-Jürgenson, TJ Brodribb… - Journal of …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
The photosynthetic efficiency of plants in different environments is controlled by stomata,
hydraulics, biochemistry, and mesophyll conductance (gm). Recently, gm was demonstrated …

Functional ecology of congeneric variation in the leaf economics spectrum

W Ji, SE LaZerte, MJ Waterway… - New Phytologist, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Variation in resource availability can lead to phenotypic plasticity in the traits comprising the
world‐wide leaf economics spectrum (LES), potentially impairing plant function and …

The leaf anatomical trade-offs associated with plant ecological strategy variation

S Pierce, D Maffi, F Faoro, BEL Cerabolini, A Spada - Plant Ecology, 2022 - Springer
Plant functioning depends on variation in resource economics traits (acquisition vs.
conservation) and the size of plants and their parts (the 'global spectrum of plant form and …