Shuang-Lian Deng

Sexual dimorphism in poplar plants: Resource trade-offs and sex-specific strategic responses during leaf senescence.

Leaf senescence is a critical developmental transition that drives nutrient remobilization, profoundly impacting plant fitness and forest productivity. In dioecious plants, divergent reproductive costs drive sex-specific life-history strategies, yet how these fundamental differences are rewired at the senescence level...