Drought-tolerant plants, also called xerophytes, have developed during evolution a huge spectrum of morphological, physiological and metabolic adaptations to a shortage of water. Due to global climate change large areas of land are threatened by increasing water limitation and therefore drought stress. In addition, energy becomes limiting for an increasing world population and renewable local e...

Traditionally, methane (CH4) emission from terrestrial plants is thought to originate from belowground microbial metabolism under anaerobic conditions, with subsequent transport to the atmosphere through stems. However, a recent study reported aerobic CH4 emission from plants by an unrecognized process, a result that has since been questioned. We investigated CH4 emissions under aerobic conditi...

I am a herpetologist specializing on exotic animals and plants psychology behavior. was travelling around Japan through my travels lucky to spot an interesting history use of specific type cactus. The city called Cactus City in were the community celebrating promoting health benefits eat cactus and, they managed pass bill introduce as food schools. This unusual devotion towards xerophytes, comi...

Drought is one of the abiotic stresses that have a significant impact on agricultural growth across world. Plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) inoculation in rice plants may be viable and environmentally acceptable method sustaining development yield drought-stressed plants. The current study focused alleviation drought early stages variety CO 51 using PGPR isolated from rhizosphere xer...

Within the monocotyledons the acquisition of the tree habit is enhanced by either primary growth of the axis or a distinctive mode of secondary growth. However, a few arborescent monocotyledons deviate from this pattern in developing trunks up to four meters high that resemble those of tree ferns, i.e., their "woody-fibrous" stems consist mainly of persistent leaf bases and adventitious roots. ...

Water availability is a critical determinant for the growth and ecological distribution of terrestrial plants. Although some xerophytes are unique regarding their highly developed root architecture and the successful adaptation to arid environments, virtually nothing is known about the molecular mechanisms underlying this adaptation. Here, we report physiological and molecular responses of wild...

Xerophytes in desert improve their fitness under stress through the development of stems and branches. However, little is known about changes structure function endophytic microorganisms response to interactions between plants environment. In this study, we analyzed lignification indices young mature branches during a typical xerophyte, Nitraria tangutorum, combined 16S ITS high-throughput sequ...

Besides water relations, nutrient allocation, and stoichiometric traits are fundamental feature of shrubs. Knowledge concerning the nutrient stoichiometry of xerophytes is essential to predicting the biogeochemical cycling in desert ecosystems as well as to understanding the homoeostasis and variability of nutrient traits in desert plants. Here, we focused on the temperate desert species Reaumu...