* Under prolonged drought and reduced photosynthesis, plants consume stored nonstructural carbohydrates (NSCs). Stored NSC depletion may impair the regulation of plant water balance, but the underlying mechanisms are poorly understood, and whether such mechanisms are independent of plant water...

Aims: The objective of this study was to determine seasonal changes in tissue water relations and total soluble sugars in Cilician fir (Abies cilicica subsp. isaurica) seedlings in relation to physiological processes, and their relationship during the bud dormancy and its release. Methodology: The...

Water availability is one of the most important factors for the growth of tree seedlings in forestry-related regions. We hypothesized that under different water regimes, a water-retaining polymer (hydrogel) can positively contribute to chlorophyll-a fluorescence and growth in Campomanesia...

Drought combined with extreme heatwaves has been increasingly identified as the important trigger of worldwide tree mortality in the context of climate change; nonetheless, our understanding of the potential hydraulic and thermal impairments of hot droughts to trees and the subsequent post-recovery ...

The grey mangrove, Avicennia marina, grows in coastal zones in which salinity is frequently associated with iron deficiency. Its response to these combined stresses has not yet explored. The current study aims to assess the physiological and biochemical effects of iron deficiency (ID), salt stress...

Cashew plants have shown, a few days after planting in the field, interveinal chlorosis in young leaves and, as the symptoms become worse, the leaves are completely chlorotic, a nutritional disorder that is related to iron (Fe) deficiency. Thus, the objective was to evaluate the growth and...

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...

Drought is considered the main environmental factor limiting productivity in eucalyptus plantations in Brazil. However, recent studies have reported that exposure to water deficit conditions enables plants to respond to subsequent stresses. Thus, this study investigates the ecophysiological...

In forest nurseries, one of the factors that change the growth and quality of seedlings is water supply, which has a direct influence on metabolic processes such as stomatal conductance and photochemical efficiency of photosystem II. This study aims to identify the influence of different watering...

Three-year-old (plug + 2) containerized Fraser fir (Abies fraseri [Pursh] Poir.) seedlings were treated to various irrigation and fertilization regimes in a greenhouse factorial experiment. We assessed physiological and growth responses to these two factors' single and combined effects. Irrigation...