Drought tolerance memory transmission by citrus buds.

Plants face recurrent drought events, and previous stresses can influence their responses to subsequent stress episodes. Studies on drought stress memory are recent in citriculture, although they show promise as a tool for crop improvement. Here, we investigated whether stress memory mechanisms can be detected in citrus plants grafted with buds from plants subjected to recurrent water deficit.

Salt-tolerance induced by leaf spraying with HO in sunflower is related to the ion homeostasis balance and reduction of oxidative damage.

Salinity is still one of the main factors that limit the growth and production of crops. However, currently, hydrogen peroxide (HO) priming has become a promising technique to alleviate the deleterious effects caused by salt. Therefore, this study aimed to test different leaf spraying strategies with HO for acclimation of sunflower plants to salt stress, identifying the main physiological and biochemical changes involved in this process.