Cork Oak Forests Soil Bacteria: Potential for Sustainable Agroforest Production [PDF]
Microorganisms, 2021 Plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) are in increasing demand due to their role in promoting sustainable practices, not only in agriculture but also in forestry. Keeping in mind the future application of PGPR for increasing cork oak sustainability,
Francisca Reis +4 more
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Cork oak and climate change: Disentangling drought effects on cork chemical composition. [PDF]
Sci Rep, 2020 AbstractClimate change induces in the Mediterranean region more frequent and extreme events, namely, heat waves and droughts, disturbing forest species and affecting their productivity and product quality. The cork oak (Quercus suber) is present along the western Mediterranean basin and its outer bark (cork) is sustainably collected and used for ...
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Oak Persistence in Mediterranean Landscapes: The Combined Role of Management, Topography, and Wildfires [PDF]
Ecology and Society, 2010 Mediterranean ecosystems have been shaped by a history of human and ecological disturbances. Understanding the dynamics of these social-ecological systems requires an understanding of how human and ecological factors interact.
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Diversity of Volatile Emissions From Cork Oak: Quantity and Quality Vary Independently Across Its Range [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionKnowledge of the intraspecific variability of volatiles produced by plants is central for estimating their fluxes from ecosystems and for understanding their evolution in an ecological and phylogenetic context.
Michael Staudt +2 more
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ChIP-Seq reveals that QsMYB1 directly targets genes involved in lignin and suberin biosynthesis pathways in cork oak (Quercus suber) [PDF]
BMC Plant Biology, 2018 Background Gene activity is largely controlled by transcriptional regulation through the action of transcription factors and other regulators. QsMYB1 is a member of the R2R3-MYB transcription factor family related to secondary growth, and in particular ...
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Identification of GPAT acyltransferases in cork oak [PDF]
BMC Proc, 2011 Background Acyltransferases are enzymes with an important role in the synthesis of both cutin and suberin which are part of the lipophilic barriers, such as epidermis and periderm that protect terrestrial plants against water loss and other external aggressions.
Marum L, Miguel A, Ricardo P, Miguel C.
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Understory effect on tree and cork growth in cork oak woodlands
Forest Systems, 2018 Aim of study: Cork oak is one of the main forest tree species in Portugal that typically occurs in montado, where operational practices oriented to the tree, crop or animal management may influence several of the ecosystem components. This study aimed at
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The cork oak forests management in Sicily: current situation and potentiality [PDF]
, 2017 The economic importance of cork forests is mainly attributable to the role of provisioning non-timber forest products that they have played and still play in the Mediterranean region.
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Problems and solutions to cork oak (Quercus suber L.) regeneration: a review
iForest - Biogeosciences and Forestry, 2023 This study aimed to review the requirements and difficulties of natural and artificial regeneration of cork oak (Quercus suber L.) in the Mediterranean Basin.
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Notulae Botanicae Horti Agrobotanici Cluj-Napoca, 2021 Climate change represents an important challenge for forest management and the silviculture of stands and it is known that climate change will have complex effects on cork oak forest ecosystems.
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