Pinto and colleagues (2025) published an article in AoB Plants (https://doi.org/10.1093/aobpla/plae072). Figure 4 shows that wheat plants exposed to elevated nighttime temperatures (+2°C) had higher stomatal conductance during the early morning (9:00 and 10:00 h) than plants grown under control conditions. However, elevated temperatures are generally expected to reduce crop productivity. Using the data shown in Figure 4 and your understanding of plant physiology, explain how increased early morning stomatal conductance could help maintain or improve grain yield under elevated nighttime temperatures. In your answer, discuss: The relationship between stomatal conductance and photosynthesis. Why increased conductance in the morning may be advantageous under heat stress. One potential trade-off associated with higher stomatal conductance. Figure 4. Early daytime stomatal conductance measured at 9:00 (gsD9) and 10:00 h (gsD10) during the booting and grain-filling stages in 12 elite wheat genotypes grown under high night-time temperatures. Heat indicate data for the high night-time temperatures treatment (+ 2°C). The lower and upper borders of the boxplots correspond to the first and third quartiles, the black lines within the boxes indicate the median, the dotted lines correspond to the minimum and maximum, while outliers are indicated with an empty dot (For each boxplot n > 22, 2 reps for a total of 12 genotypes).

Martinez-Villa and colleagues (2024) published an article titled “Changes in morphological and physiological traits of urban trees in response to elevated temperatures within an Urban Heat Island” in Tree Physiology (https://doi.org/10.1093/treephys/tpae145). Figure 7 was taken from this article. How many tree species showed differences in optimal temperatures (Topt) in the hottest versus the coldest part of the city? Make sure that your conclusion is based on statistical analyses. How many tree species showed differences in optimal photosynthesis (Popt) in the hottest versus the coldest part of the city? Make sure that your conclusion is based on statistical analyses. Figure 7. Light-saturated photosynthesis as a function of leaf temperature in the hottest part (UHI) and the coldest part of the city. (A) Acer saccharinum (ACSA), (B) Q. rubra (QURU), (C) T. cordata (TICO), (D) C. occidentalis (CEOC) and (E) G. triacanthos (GLTR). Discontinue vertical lines indicate the optimal temperature (Topt), and discontinue horizontal lines indicate optimal photosynthesis (Popt). Asterisks and brackets mean significant differences in Topt and Popt, respectively, using the Welch’s t-test.

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