Hemiparasitic weed species infects fruit crops and other economically important trees reducing their productivity and timber quality. They absorb water and minerals from the host through haustorium. Further insight into the host parasitic infection is essential for formulating effective...

Fabaceae, the third-largest Angiosperm family, exhibits great morphological diversity with significantly high species diversification rate. Albizia, one of the largest genera of the legume family, possesses high ecological, economical and medicinal application prospects and displays a global...

Plants are excellent climate indicators and their macro-remains or pollen accumulating in geological archives serve as recorders of environmental change. In Europe birch trees contribute importantly to Holocene plant successions. They constitute the dwarf species Betula nana and B. humilis,...

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...

Plants from Fabaceae family have several secondary metabolites and high biological potential. The subfamily Papilionoideae (Fabaceae) has 28 tribes, of which Dalbergieae comprises 49 genera and 1325 species. Isoflavonoids are chemotaxonomic markers of Papilionoideae and have important biological...

A better understanding of plant drought responses is essential to improve plant water use efficiency, productivity, and resilience to ever-changing climatic conditions. Here, we investigated the growth, morpho-anatomical, physiological, and biochemical responses of Quercus acutissima Carruth., ...

Catingueira (Poincianella pyramidalis Tul. L. P. Queiroz) is an endemic species of the Caatinga, with great economic potential. Research on the development of this species under conditions of water restriction, common in the Northeastern semi-arid region, is still scarce. This study evaluated the...

Irregular precipitation and drought caused an increase in tree mortality rates in multiple forest biomes with alterations in both ecosystem services and carbon balance. Carob (Ceratonia siliqua) growth and production in arid and semi-arid ecosystems are likely affected by climate change-induced...

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...