Anthropogenic aerosols could alter multiple meteorological processes such as radiation regime and air temperature, thereby modifying plant transpiration. However, the lack of field observations at leaf and plant level hinders our ability to understand how aerosols could affect plant water use....

Engelhardia, a genus of Juglandaceae (the walnut family), is endemic to tropical and subtropical Asia. The rich Cenozoic fossil records and distinctive morphological characters of the living plants have been used to explore the evolutionary history and geographic distribution of Juglandaceae....

Phytochemical study on the stems and leaves of Clausena dunniana H. Lév. led to the isolation and identification of 14 coumarins (1-14). Their chemical structures were determined on the basis of MS, NMR, and further supported by comparison with those reported in the literature. This is the first...

The cuticle is an impermeable fatty layer on the surface of the epidermal cell wall, and closely combined with epidermal cells, the micromorphological characteristics such as the morphology and arrangement of plant epidermal cells, as well as the morphological structure of the stomatal apparatus,...

Excessive water and fertilizer management strategy was main factor restricting high-quality production of edible Roses. The objective of this study was therefore to explore a combination of micro-irrigation method and bio-organic fertilizer application amount suitable for high-quality production of ...

Sap flow, the transport of fluid in the water-conducting xylem tissues of plants, is commonly measured in studies of plant-water relationships by the heat pulse velocity method. Publications have been rare of long-term sap flow measurements for individual trees in a suburban environment. ...

Riparian phreatophytes in hyperarid areas face selection pressure from limiting groundwater availability and high transpiration demand. We examined whole-plant water use and hydraulic traits in Populus euphratica and Tamarix ramosissima seedlings to understand how they adapt to groundwater...

In order to research the alkali resistance of Prunus davidiana, taking Prunus davidiana (Carr.) seedling as test material, through method of light microscope observation and determination of the photosynthetic indexes, effect of lamina anatomical structure and photosynthetic character were analyzed ...

Physiological indexes of the different seedling densities of one-year-old Elaeocarpus sylvestris (Lour.) Poir were determined. The results showed that with the increasing density, changes in the content levels of chlorophyll, soluble sugar, and malondialdehyde (MDA) in the leaves of the seedlings...

[Objective] Chinese jujube (Ziziphus jujuba) fruit is easy to crack at ripening stage during rainy season, which brings huge economic loss to the production. This study aimed to clarify the main ways of water absorption leading to jujube fruit cracking, and provide a basis for further exploring the ...