Physiological Traits for Climate‐Ready Restoration [PDF]
Trait‐based approaches feature prominently in ecology, providing mechanistic insights into plant interactions with abiotic and biotic factors. Increasingly, traits are used in restoration and conservation to select species with target functions and to ...
Kasey E. Barton +3 more
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The effects of salinity and heat stress on some physiological and vegetative characteristics of peppermint (Mentha piperita L.) at different time intervals [PDF]
This study investigated the effects of simultaneous salinity and heat stress on some physiological and vegetative characteristics in peppermint. The effect of three levels of salinity (0, 60 and 120 mM of sodium chloride) and two levels of thermal ...
Azam Gholamnia +4 more
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Seed bio-priming with beneficial Trichoderma harzianum alleviates cold stress in maize [PDF]
Maize is one of the major crops in the world and the most productive member of the Gramineae family. Since cold stress affects the germination, growth, and productivity of corn seeds, the present study aimed to investigate the effect of seed biopriming ...
Mehdi Afrouz +5 more
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The relationship of hematological parameters with adaptation and reproduction in sheep; A review study [PDF]
Sheep possess desirable characteristics for farmers such as resistance to disease, good acclimation to environmental fluctuations, and endurance to extreme weather.
Tahreer M. Al-Thuwaini
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Competition between Mungbean (Vigna radiate (L.) Wilczek) and Redroot Pigweed (Amaranthus retroflexus L.) under Dust Conditions [PDF]
IntroductionThe dust storm has become a regional phenomenon due to occurrence of severe droughts. Dust storms, recognized as significant atmospheric phenomena and associated with climate change, exert detrimental effects on plant growth and crop yield ...
M.S. Mousavi, A. Taab, S. Hajinia
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Plant functional traits are closely associated with key ecological processes and ecosystem functions. Recent studies have demonstrated that plant functional traits, especially physiological traits, can be successfully derived from hyperspectral images ...
Yujin Zhao +6 more
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A soybean GmDREB3 gene contributes to drought tolerance in wheat
DREB transcription factor can significantly improve the plant resistance to drought, high salt, low temperature, high temperature, and other abiotic stress.
Xingxuan Bai +9 more
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Meat colour is one of the most important meat quality traits affecting consumption desire. Genetic improvement for meat colour traits is not so easy because pigs can be phenotyped only after slaughter.
Q. Liu +7 more
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The response of fine root morphological and physiological traits to added nitrogen in Schrenk’s spruce (Picea schrenkiana) of the Tianshan mountains, China [PDF]
Fine roots are essential for water and nutrient uptake in plants, but little is known about the variation in fine root traits and the underlying mechanisms that drive it.
Lu Gong, Jingjing Zhao
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Imaging technologies for plant high-throughput phenotyping: a review [PDF]
Phenomics studies a variety of phenotypic plant traits and is the key to understanding genetic functions and environmental effects on plants. With the rapid development of genomics, many plant phenotyping platforms have been developed to study complex ...
Yong ZHANG, Naiqian ZHANG
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