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Methyl jasmonate induces conservative trait shifts that improve drought resilience in clonal grass

Tarun Bhatt1, Dinesh Thakur2, Zuzana Münzbergová3,2

  • 1Department of Botany, Faculty of Sciences, Charles University, Benatska 2, Prague, 12800, 12800, Czech Republic. bhattt@natur.cuni.cz.

Scientific Reports
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Keywords:
clonal grassClimate change, stress responseDrought recoveryFunctional traitsGrasslandsHormonal memoryLegacy effectsRecurrent drought

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