The Role of Salicylic Acid in Salinity Stress Mitigation in : A Medicinal Species Native to South America.

Salicylic acid (SA) is a bioregulator well-known for mitigating salinity damage in plants. However, no studies have examined the interaction between SA and salinity in , a species rich in bioactive molecules. Therefore, we aimed to evaluate the effect of SA application on under different salinity levels.

Warming and elevated CO induces changes in the reproductive dynamics of a tropical plant species.

Tropical plant species are vulnerable to climate change and global warming. Since flowering is a critical factor for plant reproduction and seed-set, warming and elevated atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations (eCO) are crucial climate change factors that can affect plant reproductive dynamics and flowering related events in the tropics. Using a combined free-air CO enrichment and a free-air temperature-controlled enhancement system, we investigate how warming (+2 °C above ambient, eT) and elevated [CO] (~600 ppm, eCO) affect the phenological pattern, plant-insect interactions, and outcrossing rates in the tropical legume forage species Stylosanthes capitata Vogel (Fabaceae).