Transpiration increases under high‐temperature stress: Potential mechanisms, trade‐offs and prospects for crop resilience in a warming world

W Sadok, JR Lopez, KP Smith - Plant, Cell & Environment, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The frequency and intensity of high‐temperature stress events are expected to increase as
climate change intensifies. Concomitantly, an increase in evaporative demand, driven in part …

Disentangling the effects of vapor pressure deficit on northern terrestrial vegetation productivity

Z Zhong, B He, YP Wang, HW Chen, D Chen, YH Fu… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
The impact of atmospheric vapor pressure deficit (VPD) on plant photosynthesis has long
been acknowledged, but large interactions with air temperature (T) and soil moisture (SM) …

Drying times: plant traits to improve crop water use efficiency and yield

AG Condon - Journal of Experimental Botany, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Crop water use efficiency (WUE) has come into sharp focus as population growth and
climate change place increasing strain on the water used in cropping. Rainfed crops are …

High-temperature and drought stress effects on growth, yield and nutritional quality with transpiration response to vapor pressure deficit in lentil

N El Haddad, H Choukri, ME Ghanem, A Smouni… - Plants, 2021 - mdpi.com
High temperature and water deficit are among the major limitations reducing lentil (Lens
culinaris Medik.) yield in many growing regions. In addition, increasing atmospheric vapor …

[HTML][HTML] Quantifying winter wheat evapotranspiration and crop coefficients under sprinkler irrigation using eddy covariance technology in the North China Plain

X Feng, H Liu, D Feng, X Tang, L Li, J Chang… - Agricultural water …, 2023 - Elsevier
Sprinkler irrigation has been widely used for winter wheat crops in the North China Plain
(NCP) to maintain high crop yield and enhance water use efficiency because water …

New avenues for increasing yield and stability in C3 cereals: exploring ear photosynthesis

R Sanchez-Bragado, R Vicente, G Molero… - Current Opinion in Plant …, 2020 - Elsevier
Small grain cereals such as wheat, rice and barley are among the most important crops
worldwide. Any attempt to increase crop productivity and stability through breeding implies …

Molecular mechanisms of stomatal closure in response to rising vapour pressure deficit

P Jalakas, Y Takahashi, R Waadt, JI Schroeder… - New …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Vapour pressure deficit (VPD), the difference between the saturation and actual air vapour
pressures, indicates the level of atmospheric drought and evaporative pressure on plants …

Water use efficiency across scales: from genes to landscapes

V Vadez, R Pilloni, A Grondin… - Journal of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Water scarcity is already set to be one of the main issues of the 21st century, because of
competing needs between civil, industrial, and agricultural use. Agriculture is currently the …

Transpiration response to soil drying versus increasing vapor pressure deficit in crops: physical and physiological mechanisms and key plant traits

T Koehler, FJP Wankmüller, W Sadok… - Journal of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
The water deficit experienced by crops is a function of atmospheric water demand (vapor
pressure deficit) and soil water supply over the whole crop cycle. We summarize typical …

Transpiration response to soil drying and vapor pressure deficit is soil texture specific

G Cai, M König, A Carminati, M Abdalla, M Javaux… - Plant and Soil, 2022 - Springer
Aims Although soil water deficit is the primary constraint on transpiration globally, the
mechanisms by which soil drying and soil properties impact transpiration and stomatal …