Professional paper

https://doi.org/10.31727/gzb.48.6.10

Mechanisms of tolerance of nodule bacteria and host plants to drought stress

Sanja Kajić orcid.org/0000-0001-6158-3914 ; Croatian Tissue and Cell Bank, Clinical Department of Transfusion Medicine and Transplantation Biology, University Hospital Centre Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Marko Vinceković orcid.org/0000-0002-6531-1657 ; University of Zagreb Faculty of Agriculture, Zagreb, Croatia
Mateja Pećina orcid.org/0000-0001-8440-128X ; University of Zagreb Faculty of Agriculture, Zagreb, Croatia
Nataša Hulak ; University of Zagreb Faculty of Agriculture, Zagreb, Croatia *

* Corresponding author.

Abstract

Agricultural production is highly susceptible to environmental changes and is directly affected by both favorable and unfavorable climate changes. Global climate change, as well as other biotic and abiotic stressors, represents a major challenge for agricultural production today. Extreme conditions such as floods, droughts, and temperature extremes, which are increasingly common today, directly affect plant life as well as soil microorganisms. Some of the consequences of global climate change are impaired seed germination, inhibition of the photosynthesis process, poor nutrient availability, a decrease in the number of microorganisms in the soil, and changes in the gene expression of plants and microorganisms. Thus, global climate change poses a particular challenge in the production of high-quality food and increases the demand for new types of crops that must meet the criteria of high productivity.

Keywords

nodule bacteria; climate change; drought; tolerance; adaptation mechanisms

Hrčak ID:

341572

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/341572

Publication date:

12.12.2025.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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