Calcium boosts tobacco plant resilience to chilling and intense light.
Calcium chloride helps tobacco plants cope better with cold and bright light stress. The study looked at how calcium affects photosynthesis in tobacco seedlings under these conditions. The results showed that stress made photosynthesis less efficient, but calcium helped improve it. The leaves of tobacco plants protected themselves from damage by increasing their photosynthetic abilities after being treated with calcium chloride. This means that calcium can help tobacco plants survive and thrive in challenging environments.