Water stress reduces endogenous cytokinin (CK) content and may inhibit CK production. Maintenance of endogenous CK levels by genetic transformation with ipt in leaves and roots undergoing senescence may promote stress tolerance. This study was designed to determine the physiological effects of ipt expression on immature and mature leaves and in roots for plants exposed to different levels of wa...

Effects of cold plasma treatment on seed germination, seedling growth, antioxidant enzymes, lipid peroxidation levels and osmotic-adjustment products of oilseed rape under drought stress were investigated in a drought-sensitive (Zhongshuang 7) and drought-tolerant cultivar (Zhongshuang 11). Results showed that, under drought stress, cold plasma treatment significantly improved the germination r...

A mild water stress was imposed upon potted tangerine trees (Citrus sinensis Blanco. cv. Zhuju) by water withholding during early juice sac expansion stage. While fruit growth was inhibited by water stress a growth potential was built up inside the fruit, which was not expressed until rewatering. The more powerful water uptake force of the stressed fruit was caused by its more negative fruit wa...