TY - JOUR AU - Zhou, Rong AU - Yu, Xiaqing AU - Ottosen, Carl-Otto AU - Rosenqvist, Eva AU - Zhao, Liping AU - Wang, Yinlei AU - Yu, Wengui AU - Zhao, Tongmin AU - Wu, Zhen PY - 2017 DA - 2017/01/25 TI - Drought stress had a predominant effect over heat stress on three tomato cultivars subjected to combined stress JO - BMC Plant Biology SP - 24 VL - 17 IS - 1 AB - Abiotic stresses due to environmental factors could adversely affect the growth and development of crops. Among the abiotic stresses, drought and heat stress are two critical threats to crop growth and sustainable agriculture worldwide. Considering global climate change, incidence of combined drought and heat stress is likely to increase. The aim of this study was to shed light on plant growth performance and leaf physiology of three tomatoes cultivars (‘Arvento’, ‘LA1994’ and ‘LA2093’) under control, drought, heat and combined stress. SN - 1471-2229 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12870-017-0974-x DO - 10.1186/s12870-017-0974-x ID - Zhou2017 ER -