Abiotic Stress Research Glossary
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Leaf rolling phenotype
The physical curling or rolling of leaf margins inward as a mechanical response to water deficit, reducing exposed leaf surface area and transpiration rate. This visible morphological adaptation appears as an early stress symptom in many grass and crop species.
Thermal dissipation capacity
The plant's ability to dissipate excess heat energy through non-photochemical quenching, transpiration, and thermal radi...
Thermal Dissipation Capacity Limitation
The insufficient ability of plants to dissipate excess thermal energy through non-radiative pathways (transpiration and...
Thermal Dissipation Quenching
A photoprotective mechanism by which excess light energy captured by chlorophyll is harmlessly converted to heat through...