Rooting in the Desert: A Developmental Overview on Desert Plants. [PDF]
Genes (Basel), 2021 Plants, as sessile organisms, have evolved a remarkable developmental plasticity to cope with their changing environment. When growing in hostile desert conditions, plants have to grow and thrive in heat and drought. This review discusses how desert plants have adapted their root system architecture (RSA) to cope with scarce water availability and poor
Kirschner GK, Xiao TT, Blilou I.
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Vein Network and Climatic Factors Predict the Leaf Economic Spectrum of Desert Plants in Xinjiang, China [PDF]
Plants, 2023 The leaf economic spectrum (LES) has been repeatedly verified with regional and global datasets. However, the LES of desert plants and its drivers has not been fully explored at the species level.
Yi Du +4 more
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Bioprospecting Desert Plants for Endophytic and Biostimulant Microbes: A Strategy for Enhancing Agricultural Production in a Hotter, Drier Future [PDF]
Biology, 2021 Deserts are challenging places for plants to survive in due to low nutrient availability, drought and heat stress, water stress, and herbivory. Endophytes—microbes that colonize and infect plant tissues without causing apparent disease—may contribute to ...
Qiuwei Zhang, James F. White
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Convergent Variations in the Leaf Traits of Desert Plants [PDF]
Plants, 2020 Convergence is commonly caused by environmental filtering, severe climatic conditions and local disturbance. The basic aim of the present study was to understand the pattern of leaf traits across diverse desert plant species in a common garden, in ...
Muhammad Adnan Akram +7 more
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Synergistic effects of exogenous IAA and melatonin on seed priming and physiological biochemistry of three desert plants in saline-alkali soil [PDF]
Plant Signaling & BehaviorTo investigate the synergistic effect of IAA and melatonin (MT) on three plants to alleviate the effects of salt damage on plants, we aim to determine the optimal concentrations of exogenous hormone treatments that improve salinity resistance for each ...
Youwei Zhang +5 more
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Water and Nitrogen Use Strategies and Their Influencing Mechanisms in Typical Desert Shrubs of the Qaidam Basin, Qinghai–Tibet Plateau, China [PDF]
PlantsDesert plants develop unique functional traits and resource utilization strategies under environmental stress, among which, water and nitrogen utilization strategies are the key resource utilization strategies for desert plants.
Yunhao Zhao, Hui Chen
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SYNERGISTIC EFFECTS OF BIOGAS FERTILIZER AND NATURAL EXTRACTS OF GARLIC, AZOLLA, AND YUCCA ON THE VEGETATIVE GROWTH AND ESSENTIAL OIL YIELD OF STEVIA REBAUDIANA L. PLANT UNDER SOUTH SINAI CONDITIONS [PDF]
Scientific Journal of Flowers and Ornamental Plants, 2021 Two field experiments were conducted in 2018/2019 and 2019/2020 seasons, at Ras Sidr Experimental Station in south SinaiAffiliated to Desert Research Center, Mataria, Cairo Egypt in cooperation with the Department of Horticulture, Faculty of Agriculture,
Eman Abou El-Ghait +3 more
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RESPONSE OF STEVIA (STEVIA REBAUDIANA L.) TO BIOGAS FERTILIZER AND NATURAL EXTRACTS UNDER SOUTH SINAI CONDITIONS [PDF]
Scientific Journal of Flowers and Ornamental Plants, 2021 Two field experiments were conducted in 2019 and 2020 seasons at Desert Research Center, Mataria, Cairo, Egypt, and its experimental farm at Ras Sudr Experimental Station in South Sinai, in cooperation with the Department of Horticulture, Faculty of ...
Eman Abou El-Ghait +3 more
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INFLUENCE OF AQUEOUS LICORICE AND ETHANOL MORINGA EXTRACTS ON THE ESSENTIAL OIL PRODUCTION, AND CHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS OF AJWAIN (TRACHYSPERMUM AMMI) PLANTS UNDER SANDY SOIL CONDITION [PDF]
Scientific Journal of Flowers and Ornamental Plants, 2021 Two field experiments were conducted in 2018/2019 and 2019/2020 cropping season, at the Experimental Farm of Heliopolis Univ., El-Sharqea Governorate, Egypt, in cooperation with the Department of Horticulture, Faculty of Agriculture, Benha University to ...
Eman Abou El-Ghait +3 more
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RESPONSE OF AJWAIN (TRACHYSPERMUM AMMI) PLANT TO LICORICE AND MORINGA EXTRACTS FOLIAR APPLICATION UNDER SANDY SOIL CONDITIONS [PDF]
Scientific Journal of Flowers and Ornamental Plants, 2021 This research was conducted on ajwain (Trachyspermum ammi) at the Experimental Farm of Heliopolis Univ., El-Sharqea Governorate, Egypt, in cooperation with the Department of Horticulture, Faculty of Agriculture, Benha University during the two successive
Eman Abou El-Ghait +3 more
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