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Tag - Scots pine
Nigel Chaffey
Shoot-based model and laser scanner data to study crown development
Functional–structural plant models (FSPMs) allow simulation of tree crown development as the sum of modular (e.g. shoot-level) responses triggered by the local environmental conditions. The actual process of space...
Alex Assiry
Evolution and function of Scots pine aminopropyltransferases
Vuosku and colleagues find an evolutionarily old gymnosperm, Scots pine, has a bifunctional SPDS able to produce both Spd and Spm, while angiosperms seem to depend on separate enzymes in Spd and Spm biosynthesis.
botanyone
Quantification of monoterpene emission sources in response to drought
Monoterpene emissions from conifer tree species (from de novo synthesis and storage pools) play an important role in plant ecology and physiology. During drought stress the two emission sources are affected differently...
AoBPLANTS
Could drought stress in trees affect air quality?
With climate change, trees will experience an increased frequency of stress events (i.e. drought, heat stress) causing both direct effects (e.g. CO2 uptake through photosynthesis) and indirect effects (e.g. isoprenoid...
Joseph Stinziano
What sets apart individual trees that died versus trees that survived an extreme drought?
Plant responses to drought involve multiple interacting traits and processes, which complicates predictions about which plants will die and which will survive. Species are often characterized by species-specific...
Danielle Marias
Cold-induced forest dieback of rear-edge tree populations
Although extreme climatic events such as drought are known to modify forest dynamics by triggering tree dieback, the impact of extreme cold events, especially at the low-latitude margin (‘rear edge’) of species...
Freezing-related CO2 bursts reduce winter embolism
Results indicate that not all gases dissolved in the xylem sap are trapped within the ice in the stem of Scots pine and Norway spruce, during freezing.
Duration of shoot elongation in Scots pine
A study of lateral shoot growth in Scots pine over 7 years finds that daily maximum growth rate correlates positively with growth duration.
