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How plants cope with water stress in the field : photosynthesis and growth

dc.contributor.authorChaves, Maria Manuela
dc.contributor.authorPereira, J. S.
dc.contributor.authorMaroco, J.
dc.contributor.authorRodrigues, Maria Luisa
dc.contributor.authorRicardo, C. P.
dc.contributor.authorOsório, Maria Leonor
dc.contributor.authorCarvalho, Isabel Saraiva de
dc.contributor.authorFaria, T.
dc.contributor.authorPinheiro, C.
dc.date.accessioned2012-11-22T14:01:45Z
dc.date.available2012-11-22T14:01:45Z
dc.date.issued2002-06
dc.description.abstractPlants are often subjected to periods of soil and atmospheric water deficit during their life cycle. The frequency of such phenomena is likely to increase in the future even outside today's arid/semi-arid regions. Plant responses to water scarcity are complex, involving deleterious and/or adaptive changes, and under field conditions these responses can be synergistically or antagonistically modified by the superimposition of other stresses. This complexity is illustrated using examples of woody and herbaceous species mostly from Mediterranean-type ecosystems, with strategies ranging from drought-avoidance, as in winter/spring annuals or in deep-rooted perennials, to the stress resistance of sclerophylls. Differences among species that can be traced to different capacities for water acquisition, rather than to differences in metabolism at a given water status, are described. Changes in the root : shoot ratio or the temporary accumulation of reserves in the stem are accompanied by alterations in nitrogen and carbon metabolism, the fine regulation of which is still largely unknown. At the leaf level, the dissipation of excitation energy through processes other than photosynthetic C-metabolism is an important defence mechanism under conditions of water stress and is accompanied by down-regulation of photochemistry and, in the longer term, of carbon metabolism.por
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcf105
dc.identifier.otherAUT: ICA01121; JSP01697;
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/1857
dc.language.isoengpor
dc.peerreviewedyespor
dc.publisherOxford Journalspor
dc.relation.publisherversionhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcf105por
dc.subjectCarbon assimilationpor
dc.subjectHigh temperature stresspor
dc.subjectLupinuspor
dc.subjectPhotosynthesispor
dc.subjectQuercus ilexpor
dc.subjectQuercus suberpor
dc.subjectStomatal functioningpor
dc.subjectCitis viniferapor
dc.subjectWater stresspor
dc.subjectXanthophyll cyclepor
dc.titleHow plants cope with water stress in the field : photosynthesis and growthpor
dc.typejournal article
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oaire.citation.endPage916por
oaire.citation.startPage907por
oaire.citation.titleAnnals of Botanypor
oaire.citation.volume89por
person.familyNameOsório
person.familyNameSaraiva de Carvalho
person.givenNameMaria Leonor
person.givenNameIsabel Maria Marques
person.identifier.ciencia-id591A-3777-B036
person.identifier.orcid0000-0002-7713-6497
person.identifier.orcid0000-0001-8057-3404
person.identifier.scopus-author-id7006394339
person.identifier.scopus-author-id35995183800
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