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ReviewPlants (Basel, Switzerland)2025

Exploring the Role of Non-Structural Carbohydrates (NSCs) Under Abiotic Stresses on Woody Plants: A Comprehensive Review.

Ayesha Fazal Nawaz, Sara Gargiulo, Alessandro Pichierri, Valentino Casolo

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Review in Plants (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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11 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Ayesha Fazal NawazDepartment of Life Sciences, University of Trieste, via L. Giorgieri 10, 34127 Trieste, Italy.
Sara GargiuloDipartimento di Scienze Agroalimentari, Ambientali ed Animali, Università di Udine, via delle Scienze 206, 33100 Udine, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-6143-6647
Alessandro PichierriDepartment of Life Sciences, University of Trieste, via L. Giorgieri 10, 34127 Trieste, Italy.ORCID 0009-0005-5183-5125
Valentino CasoloDipartimento di Scienze Agroalimentari, Ambientali ed Animali, Università di Udine, via delle Scienze 206, 33100 Udine, Italy.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Global climate change has increased the severity and frequency of abiotic stresses, posing significant challenges to the survival and growth of woody plants. Non-structural carbohydrates (NSCs), including starch and sugars, play a vital role in enabling plants to withstand these stresses, helping to stabilize cellular functions by buffering plant energy demands and facilitating recovery on the alleviation of stress. Despite the recognized multiple functions of NSCs, the contrasting effects of multiple abiotic stresses on NSCs dynamics in woody plants remain poorly understood. This review aims to explore the current knowledge of the contrasting effects of abiotic stress conditions including drought, salinity, heat, water logging, and cold on NSCs dynamics. The roles of NSCs in regulating stress-resilience responses in woody plants are also discussed, along with the challenges in NSC measurement, and options for future research directions are explored. This review is based on comprehensive literature research across different search engines like Scopus, Web of Science, and Google Scholar (2000-2024) using targeted keywords. This study compiles the current research on NSCs functions and provides insights into the adaptive strategies of woody plants in response to changing climate conditions, providing groundwork for future research to improve stress tolerance in woody plants.

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abiotic stresscolddroughtheatnon-structural carbohydrates (NSCs)plant growthsalinitywaterloggingwoody plants

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PMID39942890
PMCPMC11820143

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