Two selected examples of PIXE microanalysis in ecophysiology have been shown. Studies of heavy metal distribution in mycorrhizal and nonmycorrhizal roots of Plantago lanceolata showed different mechanisms in filtering of Zn/Pb and Fe/Mn, both enabling plants to cope with metals present in the environment. Studies of the mechanism used by the beetle Chrysolina pardalina to eliminate excessive am...

EDITORIAL article Front. For. Glob. Change, 26 September 2022Sec. Forest Ecophysiology Volume 5 - 2022 | https://doi.org/10.3389/ffgc.2022.1021784

The paper begins with a brief history of botany leading to the first descriptions on plant life phenomena. It then moves on to plant physiology as a science with a proper identity in the XVIII century. The works by Duhamel du Monceau and the German forester Robert Hartig are pointed out as landmarks on the way to the future ecophysiology of trees. The Symposium «The Physiology of Forest Trees»,...

Mistletoes are highly specialized perennial flowering plants adapted to parasitic life on aerial parts of their hosts. In our discussion on the physiological interactions between parasite and host, we focus on water relations, mineral nutrition, and the effect of host vigour. When host photosynthesis is greatest, the xylem water potential of the host is most negative. To maintain a flux gradien...

crops growing in salt-affected soils may suffer from physiological drought stress, ion toxicity, and mineral deficiency. a pot study was conducted in 2004-2005 in the aghala area (northern iran) to study the effect of different salinity levels, i.e. ece= 3 (control), 8, 12 and 16 ds m-1 on wheat grain, yield components and leaf ion uptake of four iranian wheat genotypes, i.e. kouhdasht, atrak, ...