Plants experience changes in light intensity and quality due to variations in solar angle and
shading from clouds and overlapping leaves. Stomatal opening to increasing irradiance is …

The enormous perennial monocotyledonous herb banana (Musa spp.), which includes
dessert and cooking varieties, is found in more than 120 countries and is a member of the …

Leaf hydraulic conductance (Kleaf) facilitates the supply of water, enabling continual CO2
uptake while maintaining plant water status. We hypothesized that bundle sheath and …

Control of carbon dioxide and water vapor exchange between a leaf's interior and the
surrounding air is accomplished by variations in the turgor pressures in the small epidermal …

Plants are often subjected to rapidly alternating light intensity and quality. While both short‐
and long‐term changes in red and blue light affect leaf photosynthesis, their impact on …

By regulating carbon uptake and water loss by plants, stomata are not only responsible for
productivity but also survival during drought. The timing of the onset of stomatal closure is …

Crop wild relatives, the closely related species of crops, may harbour potentially important
sources of new allelic diversity for (a) biotic tolerance or resistance. However, to date, wild …

Abscisic acid (ABA) is known to be involved in stomatal closure. However, its role in stomatal
response to rapid increases in the vapor pressure deficit (VPD) is unclear. To study this …

Background Over the past decades, the structural and functional genomics of rice have been
deeply studied, and high density of molecular genetic markers have been developed …

Recent studies have shown that radar temporal coherence over tropical and boreal forests
undergoes a diurnal cycle as a result of a combined effect of the wind-induced motion of …