Water availability is arguably the most important environmental factor limiting crop growth
and productivity. Erratic precipitation patterns and increased temperatures resulting from …

Climate change is predicted to increase the frequency and intensity of abiotic stress
combinations that negatively impact plants and pose a serious threat to crop yield and food …

The leaf economics spectrum (LES) represents a suite of intercorrelated leaf traits
concerning construction costs per unit leaf area, nutrient concentrations, and rates of carbon …

Abiotic stressful conditions of the environment such as soil salinity, drought, flood, heat, cold,
anaerobiosis, gaseous pollutants, radiation, and high levels of metals in the soil are major …

Chlorophyll fluorescence is a non-invasive measurement of photosystem II (PSII) activity and
is a commonly used technique in plant physiology. The sensitivity of PSII activity to abiotic …

Stressful environments such as salinity, drought, and high temperature (heat) cause
alterations in a wide range of physiological, biochemical, and molecular processes in plants …

Abstract Analysis of plant behavior under diverse environmental conditions would be
impossible without the methods for adequate assessment of the processes occurring in …

The Science of Grapevines, Third Edition reflects the latest insights into cultivar
relationships, vascular transport, hormone action, and stress responses of grapevines …

Background Plants are often subjected to periods of soil and atmospheric water deficits
during their life cycle as well as, in many areas of the globe, to high soil salinity …

In the field, plants experience high light (HL) intensities that are often accompanied by
elevated temperatures. Such conditions are a serious threat to agriculture production …