Fast dehydration reduces bundle sheath conductance in C maize and sorghum.

In the face of anthropogenic warming, drought poses an escalating threat to food production. C plants offer promise in addressing this threat. C leaves operate a biochemical CO concentrating mechanism that exchanges metabolites between two partially isolated compartments (mesophyll and bundle sheath), which confers high-productivity potential in hot climates boosting water use efficiency.

Salinity stress on three representative species from Mediterranean semifixed dunes: Assessment of salinity exposure and substrate conductivity data reveal variable response strategies and tolerance between species.

Coastal ecotones can disrupt natural conditions, yielding intricate ecological contexts where salinity plays a variable role. The aim of this study was to assess the salinity effect on three species representatives of semifixed dune (Crucianella maritima, Helianthemum caput-felis and Teucrium dunense). Field data were collected to assess plant cover in semifixed dunes, ecotone with other coastal habitats, and artificial Posidonia oceanica wracks.

Light recovery after maize harvesting promotes soybean flowering in a maize-soybean relay strip intercropping system.

Moving from sole cropping to intercropping is a transformative change in agriculture, contributing to yield. Soybeans adapt to light conditions in intercropping by adjusting the onset of reproduction and the inflorescence architecture to optimize reproductive success. Maize-soybean strip intercropping (MS), maize-soybean relay strip intercropping (IS), and sole soybean (SS) systems are typical soybean planting systems with significant differences in light environments during growth periods.