Examining physiological, water relations, and hydraulic vulnerability traits to determine anisohydric and isohydric behavior in almond (Prunus dulcis) cultivars: Implications for selecting agronomic cultivars under changing climate

ABSTRACT: The search for drought tolerant species or cultivars is important to address water scarcity caused by climate change in Mediterranean regions. The anisohydric–isohydric behavior concept has been widely used to describe stomatal regulation during drought, simply in terms of variation of minimal water potential (Ψmin) in relation to pre-dawn water potential (Ψpd). However, its simplicity has sometimes failed to deliver consistent results in describing a complex behavior that results from the coordination of several plant functional traits. While Prunus dulcis (almond) is known as a drought tolerant species, little information is available regarding consistent metrics to discriminate among cultivars or the mechanisms underlying drought tolerance in almond. Here we show a sequence of plant sto

SUBMITTER: Alvarez-Maldini C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9453546 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature