Veronica De Micco

TL;DR: This chapter concludes that various combinations of anatomical features can contribute in different degrees to the adaptive capacity of plants to drought, and reports the common existence of such traits in both desert and semiarid environments.

TL;DR: The postulated relationships between vessel-to-ray parenchyma pit size and vessel size and the incidence of either tyloses or gums are critically discussed and review the occurrence of these types of vessel occlusions in extant and fossil dicots.

TL;DR: Main results from studies on the effect of ionizing radiations, including cosmic rays, on plants, focusing on genetic alterations, modifications of growth and reproduction and changes in biochemical pathways especially photosynthetic behaviour confirm what is known from animal studies: densely ionizing radiator are more efficient in inducing damages at several different levels, in comparison with sparsely ionizing radiation.

TL;DR: Foliar application of SWE increased yield and shoot biomass as well as fruit dry matter and total soluble solid contents in comparison to untreated plants, and was associated with an improvement in ACO2, chlorophyll content, and nutritional status in SWE-treated plants.

TL;DR: These findings show that IADF characterization can provide information about the relationship between environmental factors and tree growth at the seasonal level and is a promising way for dating problematic wood samples and interpreting the phenomena that trigger the formation of IADFs in the Mediterranean environment.