Biochar, in addition to sequestering carbon, ameliorating soil, and improving plant
performance, can impact foliar and soilborne plant diseases. Nevertheless, the mechanisms …

Introduction Plant species often exhibit significant variation in functional traits in populations
along elevational gradients to cope with varying stress conditions. While plant development …

Climate change is increasing mean temperatures and in the eastern Mediterranean is
expected to decrease annual precipitation. The resulting increase in aridity may be too rapid for …

Tree growth enhancement under elevated [CO 2 ] is much smaller than originally anticipated;
yet carbon overabundance can lead to increased wood carbon storage and to stomatal …

Roots interact with soil properties and irrigation water quality leading to changes in root growth,
structure and function. We studied these interactions in an orchard and in lysimeters with …

Soil degradation and declining tree performance following long term irrigation with treated
wastewater (TWW) have been reported recently in orchards grown on clay soils. In an attempt …

Thermal dissipation probes (TDPs) were calibrated in three diffuse porous fruit trees and
one ornamental species in the field by comparison with heat pulse probes (nectarine and …

Drought-induced tree mortality has been recently increasing and is expected to increase
further under warming climate. Conversely, tree species that survive under arid conditions …

The temporal dynamics of water transport and storage in plants have major implications for
plant functioning and survival. In trees, stress on the conductive tissue can be moderated by …

For isohydric trees mid-day water uptake is stable and depends on soil water status, reflected
in pre-dawn leaf water potential (Ψ pd ) and mid-day stem water potential (Ψ md ), tree …