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Engineering, Environmental
Jun Wang, Mingyi Zheng, Lin Lu, Xuefu Li, Zhenzhong Zhang, Shaoguo Ru
Summary: Microplastics have significant impacts on the reproduction and transgenerational trade-offs of marine medaka, affecting hatchability, body weight and length, sexual maturity, gonadal damage, fertilization rate, and more. Parental exposure to microplastics leads to increased heartbeats, premature hatching, and slow growth in offspring, possibly due to oxidative stress, hormonal disruption, and altered transcription of steroidogenic genes. Furthermore, transcriptome analysis shows considerable effects on steroid hormone biosynthesis and cytochrome P450 pathways in male fish testes after exposure to 20 μg/L microplastics, indicating a potential threat to the sustainability of marine fish populations.
JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
(2021)
Article
Forestry
Danielle E. M. Ulrich, Chloe Wasteneys, Sean Hoy-Skubik, Franklin Alongi
Summary: This article investigates the ecological adaptation strategies of high-elevation pines. By comparing the physiological and morphological traits of whitebark pine and limber pine, it is found that limber pine has a broader adaptability and can inhabit a wider range of elevations.
FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT
(2023)
Article
Agronomy
Danielly Dubberstein, Marcos Goes Oliveira, Elisa Mitsuko Aoyama, Jose Henrique Guilhen, Adesio Ferreira, Isabel Marques, Jose C. Ramalho, Fabio Luiz Partelli
Summary: The morpho-anatomical traits of coffee plant leaves exhibit wide variability, aiding in the identification of superior genotypes for genetic improvement programs. Positive and negative correlations were found among traits, with stomatal width x stomatal size, stomatal length x stomatal size, and stomatal index x stomatal density showing the highest correlation levels. The study emphasizes the importance of trait evaluations for breeding new coffee cultivars suitable for changing environments.
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Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Lihong Lao, Hedan Bai, Jintu Fan
Summary: Due to fiber swelling, textile fabrics containing hygroscopic fibers tend to decrease pore size under wet or increasing humidity and moisture conditions, the reverse being true. Nevertheless, for personal thermal regulation and comfort, the opposite is desirable, namely, increasing the fabric pore size under increasing humid and sweating conditions for enhanced ventilation and cooling, and a decreased pore size under cold and dry conditions for heat retention. This paper describes a novel approach to create such an unconventional fabric by emulating the structure of the plant leaf stomata by designing a water responsive polymer system in which the fabric pores increase in size when wet and decrease in size when dry. The new fabric increases its moisture permeability over 50% under wet conditions. Such a water responsive fabric can find various applications including smart functional clothing and sportswear.
ADVANCED FIBER MATERIALS
(2023)
Article
Plant Sciences
Jianqiang Huo, Yafei Shi, Jiajia Chen, Hongxia Zhang, Li Feng, Yang Zhao, Zhishan Zhang
Summary: This study investigated the hydraulic strategies mediated by leaf hydraulic functional traits of eight desert shrub species. Results showed significant differences in leaf hydraulic functional traits among species, indicating strong associations between leaf hydraulic functional traits and species. Shrubs with higher leaf hydraulic efficiency had lower midday leaf water potential and leaf hydraulic safety, while shrubs with higher leaf hydraulic capacitance had greater hydraulic safety margins.
FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE
(2022)
Review
Forestry
Douglas Rodrigues Ribeiro, Jose Luiz Alves Silva, Marcelo Trindade do Nascimento, Angela Pierre Vitoria
Summary: The study focuses on the relationship between leaf and wood traits and foliar habit in tropical dry forests, finding that deciduous species tend to have higher photosynthetic rates and water use efficiency, while evergreen species are more conservative. Multivariate analysis may reveal different patterns at large spatial scales.
TREES-STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION
(2022)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Kevin E. Mueller, Troy W. Ocheltree, Julie A. Kray, Julie A. Bushey, Dana M. Blumenthal, David G. Williams, Elise Pendall
Summary: The effects of climate change on plants and ecosystems are mediated by plant hydraulic traits. This study assessed the response of several plant hydraulic traits to elevated CO2 and warming in a semiarid grassland. The results showed that interspecific differences in hydraulic traits were larger than intraspecific shifts, and the effects of elevated CO2 were greater than warming. Future studies should further investigate the mechanisms of plant response to drought.
GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Forestry
Shengnan Chen, Zuosinan Chen, Zhe Kong, Zhiqiang Zhang
Summary: The transpiration of urban Pinus tabulaeformis was controlled by leaf stomata, and it responded positively to leaf water potential and whole-tree hydraulic conductance during soil droughts.
TREES-STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION
(2023)
Article
Plant Sciences
Amanda M. Salvi, Sophia G. Gosetti, Duncan D. Smith, Mark A. Adams, Thomas J. Givnish, Katherine A. McCulloh
Summary: This study investigates the relationship between hydroscape area (HA) and climatic conditions and functional traits across 10 Eucalyptus species in the Hawaiian Islands. The results show that HA decreases with increased P/E-p, and larger HA coincides with species that have higher sensitivity to mesophyll photosynthetic capacity.
PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT
(2022)
Article
Biology
Abdelghafour Doghbage, Safia Belhadj, Fathi Abdellatif Belhouadjeb, Hassen Boukerker, Jean Philippe Mevy, Thierry Gauquelin, Alain Tonetto, Saifi Merdas, Bakria Touati, Fethi Saimi, Rafik Rahem, Arezki Derridj, Feriel Foulla Hassen, Walid Soufan
Summary: This research contributes to understanding the intraspecific diversity and variability of Pistacia lentiscus populations in different bioclimates. The study reveals significant differences in morphological and microphytodermal leaf features between populations, which are influenced by environmental factors. The scanning electron microscope observations also uncover new characteristics of the species, which can supplement the existing morphological characteristics used in classification.
Article
Plant Sciences
Nicola Damiano, Carmen Arena, Antonello Bonfante, Rosanna Caputo, Arturo Erbaggio, Chiara Cirillo, Veronica De Micco
Summary: The increase in severe drought events due to climate change in grapevine-growing areas has raised the need to understand how grapevines regulate their photosynthetic metabolism. This study evaluates the association between leaf anatomical traits and eco-physiological adjustments of the 'Falanghina' grapevine in southern Italy.
Article
Ecology
Karissa G. Lovero, Kathleen K. Treseder
Summary: This study explores the trade-offs among fungal traits, revealing a negative relationship between maximum growth rate and traits related to resource capture, as well as distinct life history strategies. Additionally, it identifies a negative relationship between extracellular enzymes and chitosanase, forming a different life history strategy.
FRONTIERS IN FORESTS AND GLOBAL CHANGE
(2021)
Article
Agriculture, Multidisciplinary
Isa A. M. Yunusa, Anthony R. Palmer, Jamal Kamululdeen, Jehangir F. Punthakey
Summary: Despite differences in canopy and stomatal traits, water-use in okra and tomato showed relatively narrow differences in response to salinity.
JOURNAL OF THE SCIENCE OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE
(2022)
Article
Plant Sciences
Courtney E. Campany, Jarmila Pittermann, Alex Baer, Helen Holmlund, Eric Schuettpelz, Klaus Mehltreter, James E. Watkins
Summary: The study surveyed 39 fern species in Costa Rican tropical forests to explore epiphytic trait divergence, finding that epiphytic ferns exhibit water conservation traits. Both epiphytic and hemi-epiphytic ferns have adaptations for water stress avoidance through anatomical and structural traits in response to the canopy habitat pressures.
PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT
(2021)
Article
Agronomy
Krishna Ghimire, Surbhi Gupta, Sisi Geng, Sixue Chen, Arvid Boe, Yajun Wu
Summary: In order to sustain high alfalfa production with limited water, cultivars with improved water use efficiency (WUE) are needed. Through greenhouse experiments, the collection River side (RS) was identified as having greater WUE under drought than other accessions, possibly due to its stomatal sensitivity to abscisic acid (ABA).
JOURNAL OF AGRONOMY AND CROP SCIENCE
(2021)
Article
Plant Sciences
Maxime Durand, Zsofia R. Stangl, Yann Salmon, Alexandra J. Burgess, Erik H. Murchie, T. Matthew Robson
Summary: This study investigated the dynamics of photosynthetic induction, recovery, and stomatal movement during sunflecks in sun and shade leaves of Fagus sylvatica. The study found that shade leaves complete full induction in a shorter time than sun leaves, but sun leaves respond faster due to their larger amplitude of induction. The findings highlight the importance of sunflecks for photosynthesis in both lower and upper canopy leaves.
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Twinkle Solanki, Jose Ignacio Garcia Plazaola, T. Matthew Robson, Beatriz Fernandez Marin
Summary: This study investigates how freezing alters the leaf optical properties of wild plants, providing a baseline for upscaling optical reflectance data from remote sensing. Changes in leaf transmittance can also indicate photosynthetic sufficiency and physiological tolerance of freezing events.
PHOTOCHEMICAL & PHOTOBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
(2022)
Article
Plant Sciences
Craig C. Brelsford, M. Trasser, T. Paris, Saara M. Hartikainen, T. Matthew Robson
Summary: Forest understorey plants show different responses to blue light and UV radiation based on their functional strategies. Species with higher light demand are more sensitive to seasonal changes in light quality and have a stronger response to blue light. A reduction in understorey blue light and UV radiation delays leaf senescence in autumn niche species.
PHYSIOLOGIA PLANTARUM
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Qing-Wei Wang, Thomas Matthew Robson, Marta Pieriste, Tanaka Kenta, Wangming Zhou, Hiroko Kurokawa
Summary: Decomposition of plant organic matter is crucial in terrestrial biogeochemical cycles. Sunlight has been found to accelerate carbon turnover through photodegradation in forest ecosystems. The impact of canopy structure and seasonal changes on solar irradiance remains uncertain, highlighting the need for improved estimates of biogeochemical cycling in forests.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Julia Seeber, Erich Tasser, Dagmar Rubatscher, Ingrid Loacker, Sandra Lavorel, T. Matthew Robson, Manuela Balzarolo, Nuria Altimir, Matthias Droesler, Loris Vescovo, Sonja Gamper, Peter Barancok, Tomasz Staszewski, Georg Wohlfahrt, Alexander Cernusca, M-Teresa Sebastia, Ulrike Tappeiner, Michael Bahn
Summary: European mountain grasslands are increasingly affected by land-use changes and climate, which have significant impacts on the partitioning of carbon and nitrogen pools amongst different grassland compartments. Reduction of management intensity and abandonment of hay meadows and pastures result in increased above-ground phytomass, root mass, and litter, while decreasing the contribution of topsoil to the total organic carbon pool. Climate influences the effects of land use on carbon and nitrogen pools mainly through mean annual temperature.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2022)
Article
Agronomy
Qing-Wei Wang, Marta Pieriste, Titta K. Kotilainen, Estelle Forey, Matthieu Chauvat, Hiroko Kurokawa, T. Matthew Robson, Alan G. Jones
Summary: Photodegradation, especially driven by blue light, significantly contributes to litter decomposition. UV radiation has limited impact globally but is important in specific environments. Litter traits and environmental factors influence the rate of photodegradation.
Article
Plant Sciences
David Israel, Seong Hee Lee, Thomas Matthew Robson, Janusz Jerzy Zwiazek
Summary: This study demonstrates the physiological relevance of plasma membrane aquaporins (PIPs) in the diffusion of H2O2 in Arabidopsis thaliana roots. Specific PIPs, such as PIP2;3, PIP1;1, and PIP2;6, have been identified to facilitate H2O2 diffusion and play a role in regulating stress responses.
Article
Forestry
David Israel, Maxime Durand, Yann Salmon, Janusz Jerzy Zwiazek, Thomas Matthew Robson
Summary: This study examined the expression of aquaporins in European beech trees of different provenances and found that there were differences in expression levels among different tissues. The stable or decreasing expression trend suggests that aquaporins are involved in tree water relations and growth.
TREES-STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION
(2023)
Article
Plant Sciences
Saara M. Hartikainen, T. Matthew Robson
Summary: Climate change is causing mountain plant species to migrate to higher elevations and northern plant species to move to higher latitudes. This study found that the ability of plants to tolerate high UV-doses could be a factor for their migration to higher elevations. The research suggests that the accumulation of flavonoids in plant leaves may play a role in photoprotection and acclimation to UV irradiance in the environment.
FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Plant Sciences
Maxime Durand, T. Matthew Robson
Summary: Wind-induced movement in the canopy creates dynamic fluctuations in irradiance called windflecks, which significantly differ in intensity, duration, frequency, clustering, and spectral composition among crop and tree canopies. Windflecks in crops are generally more intense and long-lasting compared to those in forests, and the change in spectral composition during a windfleck is species-specific. Irradiance fluctuations are less frequent and less intense in taller canopies and deeper within the canopy. Understanding the influence of canopy structure on light dynamics and windfleck creation is crucial for modeling canopy ecophysiology and light use efficiency in shade.
Article
Plant Sciences
Yating Zhang, Xuguang Sun, Pedro J. Aphalo, Yuqi Zhang, Ruifeng Cheng, Tao Li
Summary: Plants adjust their morphology in response to light cues, but it is unclear how their responses to UV-A1 radiation differ from those to blue light. This study found that UV-A370 radiation is the most effective in inducing the formation of light-intercepting leaf area compared to blue light, yet it triggers weaker transcriptional responses.
PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT
(2023)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
P. W. Barnes, T. M. Robson, R. G. Zepp, J. F. Bornman, M. A. K. Jansen, R. Ossola, Q. -W. Wang, S. A. Robinson, B. Foereid, A. R. Klekociuk, J. Martinez-Abaigar, W. -C. Hou, R. Mackenzie, N. D. Paul
Summary: In this Quadrennial Assessment, the interactive effects of changes in stratospheric ozone, UV radiation, and climate on terrestrial ecosystems and biogeochemical cycles were examined. The assessment highlights the importance of protecting the ozone layer through the Montreal Protocol in maintaining healthy and diverse terrestrial ecosystems. It also emphasizes the role of UV radiation and climate in altering the structure and function of terrestrial ecosystems.
PHOTOCHEMICAL & PHOTOBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
(2023)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
T. Matthew Robson, Marta Pieriste, Maxime Durand, Titta K. Kotilainen, Pedro J. Aphalo
Summary: This passage discusses the impact of light on greenhouse and horticultural production, and the potential benefits of improving light management for food quality, yield, and resource utilization.
PLANTS PEOPLE PLANET
(2022)