Florence Volaire

TL;DR: Summer dormancy has been correlated with superior survival after severe and repeated summer drought in a large range of perennial grasses and could be used in the development of cultivars that are able to meet agronomic and environmental goals.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors provide an overview of the key issues in research on climate change impacts on droughts, with a specific focus on the Mediterranean region, in order to: i) redefine more meaningful drought metrics tailored to the Mediterranean context, better take into account vegetation and its feedback on dunes, improve the modelling and forecasting of drought events through remote sensing and land surface models, and promote a more integrated vision of dunes taking into account both water availability and water use.

TL;DR: A unified conceptual framework of plant adaptive strategies to drought based on a revised terminology is proposed in order to enhance comparative studies and improve cross-fertilization between disciplines to help tackle the increasing worldwide challenges to plant adaptation.

TL;DR: The traits most strongly associated with superior survival were a deep root system and greater water uptake at depth; low water and osmotic potentials in surviving laminae, i.e. better tolerance to dehydration; and rapid nitrogen uptake after rewatering.

TL;DR: In this paper, a conceptual framework is presented to analyze adaptive responses of perennial herbaceous species, starting from resistance to moderate drought with growth maintenance, to growth cessation and survival of plants under severe stress (dehydration avoidance and tolerance of meristems).