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Grafting Plants to Improve Abiotic Stress Tolerance

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Because of climate change, primarily water deficit and temperature extremes may negatively affect the plant growth. To develop stress-resistant plants, grafting can be a good solution. The stronger root system due to the rootstock became more resistant against biotic and abiotic stress elements and grafting itself increases the resistance of the whole plant, supported by many physiological changes.

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Abbreviations

ABA:

Abscisic acid

ACC:

1-Aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid

K:

Potassium

RDI:

Regulated deficit irrigation

RSA:

Root system architectures

RWC:

Relative water content

WUE:

Water use efficiency

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This publication is created in number EFOP-3.6.1-16-2016-00016. The SZIE Campus of Szarvas specialized in research and training profiles with intelligent specialization in the themes of water management, hydroculture, precision mechanical engineering, alternative crop production. This research was supported by the Higher Education Institutional Excellence Program (1783-3/2018/FEKUTSTRAT) awarded by the Ministry of Human Capacities within the framework of water-related research at Szent István University.

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Mozafarian Meimandi, M., Kappel, N. (2020). Grafting Plants to Improve Abiotic Stress Tolerance. In: Hasanuzzaman, M. (eds) Plant Ecophysiology and Adaptation under Climate Change: Mechanisms and Perspectives II. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-2172-0_16

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