Underground trees, a type of geoxyles occurring in Afrotropical savannas and grasslands, have unique and diverse ways of surviving in tough environments, according to recent research.
Tag - waterlogging
Renata Cantoro
Understanding gene expression under flooding and drought stress in Phalaris arundinacea and Dactylis glomerata
A changing climate could bring drier or wetter conditions. A team of scientists has been examining how the genes of two plants adapt to both conditions.
Fi Gennu
Submergence tolerance traits in the forage legume Melilotus siculus
Submergence is a severe stress for most plants. Striker et al. assess tolerances of partial and full submergence for fifteen accessions of Melilotus siculus (Fabaceae). Traits differing among accessions and associated...
Alex Assiry
Flood tolerance in two tree species that inhabit both the Amazonian floodplain and the dry Cerrado savanna of Brazil
Comparing plants of the same species thriving in flooded and non-flooded ecosystems can help to clarify the interplay between natural selection, plant plasticity and stress adaptation. Genipa americana L...
William Salter
SPECIAL ISSUE: Plant Responses to Low-Oxygen Environments
AoB PLANTS is pleased to announce the publication of a Special Issue entitled Plant Responses to Low-Oxygen Environments, edited by Michael Jackson (University of Bristol, UK) and Abdelbagi Ismail (International Rice...
AoBPLANTS
Mechanisms for ethylene-induced aerenchyma formation
Results suggest that ethylene is perceived in all maize root tissues and cortical-cell-specific PCD is controlled downstream of ethylene perception.
botanyone
Flooding tolerance in interspecific introgression lines in Zea
Nicaraguan teosinte Zea nicaraguensis, a species found in frequently flooded areas, is useful germplasm for breeding flooding-tolerant maize. Mano and Omori select flooding-tolerant lines using a library of...
Phenotypic plasticity in Suaeda maritima
Suaeda maritima shows morphologically different forms on high and low areas of the same salt marsh. Wetson et al. demonstrate that roots of this halophyte have a constitutively very high activity of lactate...
Radial O2-loss barrier induction and arenchyma formation
Radial O2-loss barrier induction and arenchyma formation Many wetland species form both aerenchyma and a barrier to radial oxygen loss (ROL) in roots, which enhance internal O2 diffusion to the root apex. Shiono et al...
