ArticleThe New phytologist2025
Ring-specific vulnerability to embolism reveals accumulation of damage in the xylem.
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- Functional memory of drought affects leaf chemical defenses and microbial interactions in aspen.The New phytologist · 2026Article
- Cumulative and Legacy Effects of Irrigation on Growth, Physiology, and Gene Expression inPlant-environment interactions (Hoboken, N.J.) · 2026Article
- Lack of Hydraulic Acclimation in Response to Multiple Droughts and Recovery.Plant, cell & environment · 2026Article
- Urban-suburban differences in the response of typical greening tree species to extreme drought in a subtropical city.Frontiers in plant science · 2026Article
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Human-caused climate change is predicted to bring more frequent droughts and higher temperatures in the western United States, which threaten ecologically important trembling aspen forests. We used ring-specific vulnerability curves of aspen branches along two climate gradients to determine whether damages to pit membranes accumulate as the xylem ages. We found that rings older than 3 yr have a significant decline in hydraulic conductivity, especially at average summer water potentials for the species. These differences were not due to differences in the diameter of the vessels, but a difference in how much xylem was active between rings older than 3 yr and 1 yr, suggesting the presence of accumulated damage to pit membranes impairing water transport. Vulnerability to embolism differs across ring age and between wetter and drier populations, underscoring that damages due to drought may accumulate to lethal levels if the xylem does not acclimate to climate change in newer growth.
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