Mechanisms of woody-plant mortality under rising drought, CO2 and vapour pressure deficit

NG McDowell, G Sapes, A Pivovaroff… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2022 - nature.com
Drought-associated woody-plant mortality has been increasing in most regions with multi-
decadal records and is projected to increase in the future, impacting terrestrial climate …

Ascorbic acid—The little-known antioxidant in woody plants

K Bilska, N Wojciechowska, S Alipour, EM Kalemba - Antioxidants, 2019 - mdpi.com
Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are constantly produced by metabolically active plant cells.
The concentration of ROS may determine their role, eg, they may participate in signal …

Advances and promises of epigenetics for forest trees

J Amaral, Z Ribeyre, J Vigneaud, MD Sow, R Fichot… - Forests, 2020 - mdpi.com
The importance of tree genetic variability in the ability of forests to respond and adapt to
environmental changes is crucial in forest management and conservation. Along with …

Molecular bases of responses to abiotic stress in trees

M Estravis-Barcala, MG Mattera… - Journal of …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Trees are constantly exposed to climate fluctuations, which vary with both time and
geographic location. Environmental changes that are outside of the physiological favorable …

Chromosome doubling mediates superior drought tolerance in Lycium ruthenicum via abscisic acid signaling

S Rao, Y Tian, X **a, Y Li, J Chen - Horticulture research, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Plants are continuously affected by unfavorable external stimuli, which influences their
productivity and growth. Differences in gene composition and expression patterns lead …

Transcriptional regulation modulates terpenoid biosynthesis of Pinus elliottii under drought stress

Y Zhang, S Diao, X Ding, J Sun, Q Luan… - Industrial Crops and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Global climate change has increased the frequency and severity of droughts, which may
affect the biosynthesis of coniferous terpenes, but the regulatory mechanism is still unclear …

Water, not carbon, drives drought‐constraints on stem terpene defense against simulated bark beetle attack in Pinus edulis

SC Malone, RA Thompson, PS Chow… - New …, 2025 - Wiley Online Library
Drought predisposes forest trees to bark beetle‐induced mortality, but the physiological
mechanisms remain unclear. While drought‐induced water and carbon limitations have …

[HTML][HTML] Physiological and transcriptome analyses reveal tissue-specific responses of Leucaena plants to drought stress

QQ Zhi, Y Chen, H Hu, WQ Huang, GG Bao… - Plant Physiology and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Leucaena leucocephala (Leucaena) is a leguminous tree widely cultivated in tropical and
subtropical regions due to its strong environmental suitability for abiotic stresses, especially …

Warming appears as the main risk of non-adaptedness for western Mediterranean relict fir forests under expected climate change scenarios

B Méndez-Cea, I García-García, JC Linares… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Circum-Mediterranean firs are considered among the most drought-sensitive species to
climate change. Understanding the genetic basis of trees' adaptive capacity and intra …

Rapid starch degradation in the wood of olive trees under heat and drought is permitted by three stress‐specific beta amylases

M Tsamir‐Rimon, S Ben‐Dor, E Feldmesser… - New …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Carbon reserve use is a major drought response in trees, enabling tree survival in
conditions prohibiting photosynthesis. However, regulation of starch metabolism under …