Waterlogging and salinity are two major abiotic stresses that hamper crop production world-wide resulting in multibillion losses. Plant abiotic stress tolerance is conferred by many interrelated mechanisms. Amongst these, the cell's ability to maintain membrane potential (MP) is considered to be amongst the most crucial traits, a positive relationship between the ability of plants to maintain h...

Gas exchange and water relations were investigated in Nothofagus solandri var. cliffortioides (Hook. f.) Poole (mountain beech) and Nothofagus menziesii (Hook. f.) Oerst (silver beech) seedlings in response to water stress and waterlogging. At soil matric potentials (Psi(soil)) above -0.005 MPa, N. solandri had significantly higher photosynthetic rates (A), and stomatal and residual conductance...

The evergreen Nothofagus betuloides and deciduous Nothofagus pumilio live close together in Tierra del Fuego. The fact that these two species rarely form mixed forests suggests that the soil factor can contribute to the distribution of two species on a local scale. Most of these forests are undisturbed; therefore, soil characteristics may reflect both the influence of the species and of the dom...

Legume seeds are often sown on standing rice crops a few weeks before harvest (relay cropping). Seeds cannot germinate in waterlogged soil under relay sowing as oxygen is depleted. However, may survive waterlogging if the can initiate anaerobic respiration, have large seed reserve such carbohydrates, perform slow water uptake during imbibition and small size. An example of crop that respiration...

The transport of organic N compounds to the shoot in the xylem sap of nodulated soybean plants was investigated in an attempt to better understand the changes in N metabolism under root hypoxia (first 5 days of flooding), with different sources of N in the medium. NO3 is beneficial for tolerance of plants to waterlogging, whereas other N sources such as NH4 + and NH4NO3, are not. Nevertheless, ...

Screening for tolerance of additional seedling types was continued on a reduced scale. J. nigra seedlings from 3 sources were no different than those of J. hindsii. ~. californica seedlings (1 source) had slightly greater average tolerance than those of J. hindsii. Single comparisons indicated no difference between J. honorei and J. hindsii and only a suggestion that 11anregian seedlings (1 sou...

Flooding regimes of different depths and durations impose selection pressures for various traits in terrestrial wetland plants. Suites of adaptive traits for different flooding stresses, such as soil waterlogging (short or long duration) and full submergence (short or long duration – shallow or deep), are reviewed. Synergies occur amongst traits for improved internal aeration, and those for ano...