Uri Hochberg

Interested in Blueberries response to drought? A new study by @pratima.bsky.social is now published. Here a free link to the study: authors.elsevier.com/c/1mcBkcFXJs...

The Stomatal Response to Temperature Is Enhanced by High Evaporative Demand, Consistent With a Partially Hydraulic Mechanism Leaf stomata respond to temperature even when the leaf-to-air vapor gradient is held constant, yet the mechanisms for this response are unknown, and may be mediated by increases in hydraulic conducta...

First PhD chapter from student Colleen Mills (not on Bluesky) just appeared in PCE:

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Do Daily and Seasonal Changes in Non‐Structural Carbohydrates in Grapevine Leaves Contribute to Osmotic Adjustment and Regulation of Photosynthesis? Leaves maintain a pool of non-structural carbohydrates (NSC) whose size can vary over hourly and longer timescales. We tested two long-standing hypotheses regarding potential physiological roles of c...

New publication in @pplplantarum.bsky.social by Aviad Perry about NSC dynamics in grapevines. We revisited their role in osmotic adjustment and photosynthesis regulation.

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A Psychrometric Temperature Correction for the Positive Bias Observed in Stomatal Conductance Measured by the Open Flow‐Through LI‐600 Porometer The study showed that the LI-COR LI-600 porometer systematically overestimates stomatal conductance relative to LI-6800 gas exchange measurements, with the bias increasing at high stomatal conductanc...

🖥️ From Plant, Cell & Environment: A new psychrometric correction removes humidity-driven bias in LI-600 porometer readings, aligning stomatal conductance estimates with IR gas analysis. (Kyle T. Rizzo, Brian N. Bailey)
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#PlantScience

A shrub covered in green foliage grows next to a dead, withered shrub in a parched desert landscape under a scorching sun.

Abstract submission and registration for the #47NPS Extreme Heat: extending the thermal limits of life, are open!

2–5 June 2026

Travel grant, selected speaker application deadline: 2 February 2026

Poster abstract deadline: 2 March 2026

Full details at www.newphytologist.org/events/47-nps

There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable.There is another theory which states that this has already happened. - Douglas Adams

📣 #Dendrometer community! We’re building an International Dendrometer Network 🌍

Join our mailing list for updates on activities, data calls & collaboration opportunities:
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First online meeting this Friday—join us! 🌲🌳

#TreeGrowth

The close relationship between leaf anatomies and leaf water retention capacity and rehydration capacity across 128 species.

Leaf drought strategy trade-off: water retention vs rehydration

Liu et al.

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Weak global trade‐off between frost and drought resistance in trees Drought and frost stresses play important roles in determining species distributions, especially at range margins. Understanding how stress resistance traits interact to determine vulnerability to c...

Resharing new paper
@newphyt.bsky.social 🧪

🌳We found a weak trade-off: drought resistant trees tend to be less frost-hardy & vice versa 🌡️🔥❄️
🌲💪 Conifers are generally tougher than angiosperms🌺
🧐No "costs" related to fast-slow economics spectrum 🍃🌱
📖more:
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Leaf seasonal osmotic adjustment is not driven by temperature or water deficit The study provides evidence of a seasonal osmotic adjustment in grapevine (Vitis vinifera cv. Pinot noir). The rate of seasonal osmotic adjustment is mostly independent of the ambient temperature con....

A new paper in @theplantjournal.bsky.social showing that osmotic adjustment in grapevine is not a function of temperature or water deficit.
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Is it completely an endogenous phenomenon?

That is insane! A true life Inception (you watched it?)

Russell R. Geiger Professorship of Crop Science

Dept. of Plant Sciences | Permanent | Closes on Monday 17 November 2025

www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/russell...

#plantsciences #plantscijobs #academicjobs

We are searching for a Forest Ecophysiologist (tenure track Assistant or Associate Professor) to join the Department of Forest and Conservation Sciences, University of British Columbia Faculty of Forestry. Please share! Details are here: ubc.wd10.myworkdayjobs.com/ubcfacultyjobs

What transpired? A visit with John Woodward to discuss leaf transpiration

Time-travel to the year 1700 to learn about leaf transpiration and about the challenges of time travel. New post on the River to the Sky Substack.
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