In the context of a recent massive increase in research on plant root functions and their
impact on the environment, root ecologists currently face many important challenges to keep …

Senescence is an age-dependent process, ultimately leading to plant death, that in annual
crop plants overlaps with the reproductive stage of development. Research on the molecular …

Abiotic stresses resulting from water deficit, high salinity or periods of drought adversely
affect plant growth and development and represent major selective forces during plant …

In recent years, belowground plant ecology has experienced a booming interest. This has
resulted in major advances towards a greater understanding of belowground plant and …

Oxidative stress is an integral component of various stress conditions in plants, and this fact
largely determines the substantial overlap in physiological and molecular responses to …

Plant modularity traits relevant to functions of on-spot persistence, space occupancy,
resprouting after disturbance, as well as resource storage, sharing, and foraging have been …

Abstract Background and Aims Extreme climatic events such as severe droughts are
expected to increase with climate change and to limit grassland perennity. The present study …

The physical avoidance of overwinter damage is important for determining the success of
herbaceous perennial plants in climates with cold winters. Exposure to damaging frost can …

Raffinose family oligosaccharides (RFOs) accumulate in seeds during maturation
desiccation in many plant species. However, it remains unclear whether RFOs have a role in …

Plants are often exposed to environmental perturbations and have devised explicit
mechanisms to cope up with these adverse situations. Survival under these hostile …