Soil salinity is one of the main factors affecting plant growth. Dissection of plant response to salinity into physiological traits may result a simple approximation than the overall response that may influence many aspects of the plant. In the present study two factors were considered to evaluate...

Introduction: Drought stress is the most influential factors affecting crop yield particularly in irrigated agriculture in arid and semiarid regions. Drought, being the most important environmental stress, severely impairs plant growth and development, limits plant production and the performance of ...

Based on the 3-year-old Cyclocarya paliurus seedlings, the physiological effects of acid rain on it's seedlings were studied by acid rain with simulated sulfuric acid pH values of 3.5, 4.5 and 5.6. The maximum photosynthetic rate, stomatal conductance, transpiration rate, intercellular CO₂...

Caragana is a shrub genus with high ecological and economic value for development, and also an important plant resource for ecological amelioration in Northwest China. Drought-induced water stress has the effect on their growth, development and physiological metabolism. This paper summarizes the...

Drought and waterlogging seriously affect the growth of plants and are considered severe constraints on agricultural and forestry productivity; their frequency and degree have increased over time due to global climate change. The morphology, photosynthetic activity, antioxidant enzyme system and...

With global climate change, atmospheric nitrogen (N) deposition and drought have been well documented to cause substantial challenges for tropical and subtropical evergreen broad-leaved forests. Here, we conducted an experiment that measured the physiological responses of the seedlings of three...

Drought stress is a major environmental factor limiting plant growth. Selection of drought-tolerant plants is of critical importance in vegetation restoration and forestation programs. Alnus subcordata and Acer velutinum are two valuable, dominant, and endemic species in the Hyrcanian forests....

Drought stress influences the growth of plants and thus grafting has been widely used to improve tolerance to abiotic stresses. Poplars possess sex-specific responses to drought stress, but how male or female rootstock affect the grafted plant is little known. To explore the mechanisms underlying...

In order to understand the stress resistance of Calophyllum inophyllum, the morphological and anatomical, eco-physiological characteristics, element contents in leaves and soil of C. inophyllum growing in Xisha Islands were analyzed. The results showed that C. inophyllum was heliophyte plant with...

In March 2015, 1-year Cercis chingii seedlings were potted at greenhouse in Changsha, Hunan province. From August 26^th of the same year, drought stress was conducted on potted seedlings by water control to study morphology and physiological properties. The result demonstrated that with duration of...