Stomatal responses to humidity, soil moisture and other factors that influence plant water
status are critical drivers of photosynthesis, productivity, water yield, ecohydrology and …

This review focuses on the effects of water deficits on photosynthesis and partitioning of
assimilates at the leaf level. It is now established that the rate of CO2 assimilation in the …

Water Relations of Plants and Soils, successor to the seminal 1983 book by Paul Kramer,
covers the entire field of water relations using current concepts and consistent terminology …

Recent progress in improving the salt tolerance of cultivated plants has been slow.
Physiologists have been unable to define single genes or even specific metabolic processes …

At the whole plant level, the effect of stress is usually perceived as a decrease in
photosynthesis and growth. That is why this review is focused mainly on the effect of drought …

The pressure chamber has been widely used in the measurement of total water potential
and pressure-volume relations of leaves, twigs and, to a lesser extent, roots. Some of the …

Publisher Summary This chapter reviews the characteristics identified for improved drought
resistance in two frameworks outlined in Turner (2000) and evaluate the potential of these …

Chemical signals are important for plant adaptation to water stress. As soils become dry, root-
sourced signals are transported via the xylem to leaves and result in reduced water loss and …

The classical view that the drought‐related hormone ABA simply acts locally at the guard
cell level to induce stomatal closure is questioned by differences between isolated …

Field crops are frequently exposed to drought and high temperature in the field. As the stress
tolerance is the major target of many research and breeding programmes, the efficient and …