Amanda Cardoso

Bio

Research interests include crop physiology, plant stress physiology, plant water relations, photosynthesis, and productivity. As plant models, a broad variety of crops, including woody and herbaceous, are utilized.

Courses: CS 714 – Crop Physiology: Plant Response to Environment.

Lab Website: https://amandaavilacardoso.wixsite.com/ecophyslab

Publications

• Alterations in plant architecture and physiology allow maize to sustain yield after early defoliation , Agrosystems, Geosciences & Environment (2026)
• Similar drought avoidance and contrasting tolerance and recovery capacity across zoysiagrass cultivars: insights from controlled and field droughts , Grass Research (2026)
• Agronomic implications of diflufenzopyr application in peanut: transient physiological responses and sustained yield performance , Journal of Crop Science and Biotechnology (2025)
• Boosting coffee seedling performance through arbuscular mycorrhizal association , Mycorrhiza (2025)
• Divergent pathways across vascular plant lineages drive reduced nighttime transpiration during drought , PLANT PHYSIOLOGY (2025)
• Establishment of a rapid split-root assay in hydroponic conditions for eight upland cotton varieties , MethodsX (2025)
• Importance of measuring and reporting environmental conditions across plant science subdisciplines , PLANT PHYSIOLOGY (2025)
• Nodulation Is Maintained and Salinity Tolerance Enhanced in Two Soybean Cultivars Inoculated With Sinorhizobium fredii Under Brackish Water , Physiologia Plantarum (2025)
• Plant hydraulic traits influencing crop production in water-limited environments , PLANT PHYSIOLOGY (2025)
• Stomata as an important hub for the ecophysiology of leaves and non-foliar tissues , PLANT PHYSIOLOGY (2025)