Drought and low nitrogen often co-occur in forests, yet their combined effects cannot be inferred reliably from single-stress studies. This review synthesizes physiological and molecular evidence for tree responses to combined drought and low nitroge...
Mediterranean forest ecosystems in Croatia are of very high significance because of the ecological functions they provide. This region is highly sensitive to abiotic stresses such as air pollution, high sunlight, and high temperatures alongside dry p...
(1) Background: Tomography is widely used in tree risk assessment and forest ecology. Tomograms should be accurate, repeatable and comparable between consecutive measurements. This is the first longitudinal study addressing reproducibility over a per...
With urbanization and climate change worsening, urban trees are constantly exposed to environmental stress. To enhance the functionality and health of trees, it is crucial to rapidly and non-destructively detect and respond to tree stress. Research u...
16 November 2021
Cadmium (Cd) pollution is a widespread environmental problem. In this study, we explored the transcriptome and biochemical responses of goldenrain tree (Koelreuteria paniculata Laxm.) leaves and roots to Cd stress. Leaf and root growth decreased subs...
Global climate change associated with rapid urbanization is projected to cause a worsening of environmental problems such as extreme heat and drought in cities. Urban trees play an essential role in improving air quality, fixing carbon, mitigating en...
An important family of transcription factors (TFs) in plants known as NAC (NAM, ATAF1/2, and CUC2) is crucial for the responses of plants to environmental stressors. In this study, we mined the NAC TF family members of tree peony (Paeonia suffruticos...
Sulfur dioxide (SO2) is a major atmospheric pollutant and abiotic stressor. Although physiological studies on abiotic stressors have focused on fully expanded leaves, the resistance of leaf functional traits to SO2 during individual leaf development...
Water deficits affect the capacity of leaves to transport water, a process that is related to the obstruction of air in the xylem (embolism). The tolerance to this process has been negatively associated with water-transport efficiency at the xylem le...
Negative air ions (NAI) represent an important ecological value indicator for green tree species. Flow of sap is a crucial indicator for water utilization and physiological state of trees. Although there have been some advancements in studies on the...
Cadmium (Cd) stress is becoming an increasing menace for plants, inducing a series of negative effect. Silicon (Si) plays an important role in mitigating Cd stress in plants. Here, we conducted a one-year experiment with three kinds of tree species s...
Agroforestry and perennial tree crop production systems, particularly in Mediterranean regions, exhibit a high degree of integration among trees, herbaceous, and soil components. They provide essential services including provisioning, regulation, sup...
Tree peony (Paeonia sect. Moutan) is one of the most important traditional ornamental woody flowers in China. However, its cultivation is often challenged by intense light and high temperatures during summer, leading to severe photo-oxidative damage...
Heavy metals such as Cu and Cd are important pollutants. Quillay (Quillaja saponaria) is a tree species endemic to Chile that is of worldwide commercial interest due to its saponins. It can grow on contaminated sites. However, the biological mechanis...
24 December 2019
Human stress recovery response to landscapes is under discussion in Chinese settings. The present study aimed to clarify the stress recovery effects of campus street trees on graduate students in autumn. A total of 150 participants (23.75 ± 1....
This research presents a classification methodology for the detection of new or emerging stress in trees using indices derived from hyperspectral data and tests whether existing hyperspectral indices are effective when used as the classification feat...
Non-coding RNAs (ncRNAs) play essential roles in plants by modulating the expression of genes at the transcriptional or post-transcriptional level. In recent years, ncRNAs have been recognized as crucial regulators for growth and development in fores...
The aim of this article is to numerically explore the effects of a horizontal double layer of trees (HDLT) across the whole width of the channel on the flow structures under a steady flow rate and subcritical conditions. The numerical domain was esta...
This paper analyses the impact of climate change on fruit species, synthesizing evidence of how abiotic stresses—such as extreme temperatures, drought, salinity, and water fluctuations—influence the physiology, metabolism, phenology, and...
The vascular cambium is the main lateral meristem responsible for the secondary growth of trees. There are a number of explicit and implicit assumptions behind this statement which allow questions to be raised about the mechanism underlying the radia...
Using Pinus bungeana, Platycladus orientalis, Koelreuteria paniculata and Ginkgo biloba as research objects, three open-top chambers with different ozone-concentration gradients were set up (NF, NF40 and NF80) based on trunk sap-flow technology to st...
The most visible symptoms of emerald ash borer (EAB) (Argilus planipennis Fairmaire) infestation do not usually appear until six years after the borer’s arrival, by which time the prognosis is so grim that many communities have resorted to eith...
Increasing consciousness regarding the nutritional value of olive oil has enhanced the demand for this product and, consequently, the expansion of olive tree cultivation. Although it is considered a highly resilient and tolerant crop to several abiot...
Climate change is expected to increasingly intensify the water stress that directly impacts crop productivity in the near future. This study integrates the crop water stress index (CWSI) with high-resolution regional climate simulations produced by t...
In this study, the flow stress of Ti-6Al-4V during hot deformation was modeled using a decision tree algorithm. Hot compression experiments for Ti-6Al-4V in a Gleeble-3500 thermomechanical simulator were performed under a strain rate of 0.002–2...
The fungi Botryosphaeriaceae are involved in olive declines in both the world hemispheres and in all continents where this species is cultivated. In Salento (Apulia, Italy), the Botryosphaeriaceae Neofusicoccum mediterraneum and N. stellenboschiana h...
Back in the beginning of the year 2021, when the work on this Special Issue started, it was quite clear that the topics of tree stress response and the ecophysiological indicators of tree vitality were both current and important, but the attitude of...
Lignin deposition in fruit trees represents a fundamental physiological trade-off: essential for structural integrity and stress adaptation, yet excessive or mistimed activation compromises fruit texture, palatability, and market value. This review s...
Urban trees are vital for air pollution mitigation, but their function is often compromised by exposure to particulate matter (PM), which impairs physiological processes and reduces growth. Enhancing tree resilience is therefore essential for maintai...
Understanding genotype-specific responses to environmental stressors is vital for developing resilience strategies that ensure sustainable olive cultivation and productivity. In this work, cultivar ‘Oblica’ and several olive genotypes fro...
European Union forest policy calls for closer-to-nature forest management, but natural disturbances and forest succession are ecological phenomena that are difficult to characterize and integrate into sustainable forest management practices. Therefor...
Tunisia is known to be a country with poor water resources, and water scarcity is evident in certain regions. In the long term, this situation could worsen, given the increased risk of drought. The olive tree (Olea europaea L.) is one of the plants b...
The objective of this study was to develop a methodology for mapping olive plantations on a sub-tree scale. For this purpose, multispectral imagery of an almost 60-ha plantation in Greece was acquired with an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle. Objects smaller...
This study aimed to detect growth stress at the individual-tree level in chestnut (Castanea crenata Sieb. et Zucc.) plantations using UAV-based RGB orthomosaic and multispectral imagery and to determine an optimal NDVI threshold for stress classifica...
Persian or common walnut (Juglans regia L.) is a fruit tree of significant agricultural importance and is considered highly drought-resistant. However, the effects of different irrigation treatments and tree height on the physiology, growth and fruit...
Stress is induced in response to any mental, physical or emotional change associated with our daily experiences. While short term stress can be quite beneficial, prolonged stress is detrimental to the heart, muscle tissues and immune system. In order...
Drought stress poses a significant threat to olive cultivation in Mediterranean regions. This study investigated the resilience and functional adaptation of root-associated and rhizosphere soil microorganisms of four olive cultivars under contrasting...
Green infrastructure (GI) systems are often overdesigned. This may be a byproduct of static sizing (e.g., accounting for a design storm’s runoff volume but not exfiltration rates) or may be deliberate (e.g., buffering against performance loss through...
Native tree species play a crucial role in addressing the challenge of seasonal drought in South China. In this study, one-year-old seedlings of eight native tree species in Guangdong Province were subjected to continuous simulated drought stress and...
There is growing interest in the use of herbicide for the silvicultural practice of tree thinning (i.e., chemical thinning or e-thinning) in New Zealand. Potential benefits of this approach include improved stability of the standing crop in high wind...
The future of tropical managed forests is threatened by climate change. In anticipation of the increase in the frequency of drought episodes predicted by climatic models for intertropical regions, it is essential to study commercial trees’ resilience...
The dimensional variables of trees play an important role in biomechanical studies that seek to estimate the risk of falls, since they influence their biomechanical behavior in relation to the forces to which they are subjected, and therefore, their...
Early season monitoring of nutrient stress is important in red maple (Acer rubrum L.) and flowering dogwood (Cornus florida L.) to optimize management practices and ensure healthy crop production in containers. Two different irrigation systems (drip...
The tree peony (Paeonia ostii ‘Feng Dan Bai’) has excellent drought tolerance. Although it has already been reported that the cuticle is an essential barrier against drought stress, the critical genes for cuticle resistance to drought rem...
Lower urinary tract dysfunction (LUTD) was associated with bladder inflammation and tissue hypoxia with oxidative stress. The objective of the present study was to investigate the profiles of urine inflammatory and oxidative stress biomarkers in fema...
Atmospheric conditions, as well as pollutants, can induce changes in the viability and germinability of the pollen grain. This process frequently occurs in cities due to the high rate of air pollution that can alter the quality of pollen, affecting i...
This research focused on understanding the effects of structural heterogeneity within tree crowns on the airborne retrieval of solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence (SIF) and the Crop Water Stress Index (CWSI). We explored the SIF and CWSI variabili...
Ongoing climate warming poses significant threats to forest ecosystems, particularly in drylands. Here, we assess the intricate responses of tree growth to climate change across two warming phases (1910–1940 and 1970–2000) of the 20th cen...
The dove tree (Davidia involucrata Baill.), a tertiary relic species, is adapted to cool climates. With the progression of global warming, high-temperature stress has become the primary environmental factor restricting geographic distribution, ex sit...
To investigate the variation in flavonoids content in ancient tree sun–dried green tea under abiotic stress environmental conditions, this study determined the flavonoids content in ancient tree sun−dried green tea and analyzed its correl...
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