Claim · model-written summary
Shoot dry biomass declined under all stresses.
- Taxon
- L. japonicum ‘Texanum’
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Ligustrum japonicume2 - Treatment
- all stressese0
- Outcome
- Shoot dry biomasse0
- Direction
- declinede0
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Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
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Verbatim
e0“Shoot dry biomass declined under all stresses, while dry root biomass was unaffected”
e2“In L. japonicum ‘Texanum’, drought and salinity stresses, applied individually or in combination, led to a significant reduction in 3D leaf area and digital biomass”
Title
Giulia Daniele; Matteo Caser; Federica Larcher Frontiers in Plant Science 2026. doi:10.3389/fpls.2026.1770722
Other claims from this paper (12)
- Observation All three Ligustrum species were intolerant of severe drought alone or with salt stress.
- Observation Ligustrum sinense survived only moderate drought stress.
- Intervention effect Moderate drought reduced leaf area, digital biomass, and chlorophyll content.
- Intervention effect Moderate drought reduced shoot and root dry biomass and compromised root development.
- Intervention effect Drought and salinity significantly reduced leaf area and digital biomass in L. japonicum Texanum.
- Intervention effect Salinity significantly affected the water band index, particularly when high or combined with drought.
- Intervention effect Root dry biomass was unaffected under the stresses.
- Intervention effect Salinity most limited leaf area and digital biomass in L. vulgare.
- Intervention effect Combined salt and drought reduced NDVI, chlorophyll, leaf water status, and pigment balance in L. vulgare.
- Intervention effect Salinity and combined stresses most strongly affected shoot dry biomass in L. vulgare.
- Intervention effect Salinity and combined stresses decreased root dry biomass and architecture in L. vulgare.
- Recommendation The authors support using these species as urban greening alternatives.