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Plants, Volume 10, Issue 11

November 2021 - 322 articles

Cover Story: Heavy metals (HMs) and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are toxic components of atmospheric pollution that induce a wide variety of responses in plants. Plants detoxify these pollutants by their accumulation in vacuoles or cell walls. PAHs are normally transformed by enzymatic plant machinery prior to conjugation and immobilization; HMs are frequently chelated by some molecules, such as glutathione, phytochelatins, and metallothioneins. The presence of contaminants leads to the production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and a cascade of effects on phytohormones and also metabolic changes that allow the plant to modulate its responses. Basic knowledge of plant responses toward pollutants is key to improving phytoremediation technologies. View this paper
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Articles (322)

  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
4,717 Views
14 Pages

Obtaining Salt Stress-Tolerant Eggplant Somaclonal Variants from In Vitro Selection

  • Sami Hannachi,
  • Stefaan Werbrouck,
  • Insaf Bahrini,
  • Abdelmuhsin Abdelgadir,
  • Hira Affan Siddiqui and
  • Marie Christine Van Labeke

22 November 2021

An efficient regeneration protocol was applied to regenerate shoots on salt stress-tolerant calli lines of aubergine (Solanum melongena). These NaCl-tolerant cell lines were obtained by two different methods. On the one hand, the developed callus tis...

  • Article
  • Open Access
72 Citations
5,964 Views
18 Pages

Influence of Glycine Betaine (Natural and Synthetic) on Growth, Metabolism and Yield Production of Drought-Stressed Maize (Zea mays L.) Plants

  • Sidra Shafiq,
  • Nudrat Aisha Akram,
  • Muhammad Ashraf,
  • Pedro García-Caparrós,
  • Omar M. Ali and
  • Arafat Abdel Hamed Abdel Latef

22 November 2021

A study was carried out to evaluate the effectiveness of sugar beet extract (SBE) and glycine betaine (GB) in mitigating the adverse effects of drought stress on two maize cultivars. Seeds (caryopses) of two maize cultivars, Sadaf (drought-tolerant)...

  • Review
  • Open Access
10 Citations
4,406 Views
18 Pages

22 November 2021

The discovery of telomeric repeats in interstitial regions of plant chromosomes (ITRs) through molecular cytogenetic techniques was achieved several decades ago. However, the information is scattered and has not been critically evaluated from an evol...

  • Study Protocol
  • Open Access
14 Citations
6,853 Views
17 Pages

22 November 2021

CRISPR/Cas9 is a commonly used technique in reverse-genetics research to knock out a gene of interest. However, when targeting a multigene family or multiple genes, it is necessary to construct a vector with multiple single guide RNAs (sgRNAs) that c...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
3,624 Views
12 Pages

Influence of Culture Conditions on In Vitro Asymbiotic Germination of Anacamptis longicornu and Ophrys panormitana (Orchidaceae)

  • Myriam Arcidiacono,
  • Caterina Catalano,
  • Antonio Motisi,
  • Maurizio Sajeva,
  • Francesco Carimi and
  • Angela Carra

22 November 2021

This study is the first approach to in vitro asymbiotic germination of two species of Sicilian threatened terrestrial orchids, Anacamptis longicornu and Ophrys panormitana. Seeds were collected in the wild and cultured in two different media—Or...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
3,616 Views
33 Pages

Agronomical, Physiological and Biochemical Characterization of In Vitro Selected Eggplant Somaclonal Variants under NaCl Stress

  • Sami Hannachi,
  • Stefaan Werbrouck,
  • Insaf Bahrini,
  • Abdelmuhsin Abdelgadir and
  • Hira Affan Siddiqui

22 November 2021

Previously, an efficient regeneration protocol was established and applied to regenerate plants from calli lines that could grow on eggplant leaf explants after a stepwise in vitro selection for tolerance to salt stress. Plants were regenerated from...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,022 Views
11 Pages

Pre-Sowing Treatments Improve Germinability of South Texas Native Plant Seeds

  • Kaitlynn Lavallee,
  • Pushpa Gautam Soti,
  • Hansapani Rodrigo,
  • Rupesh Kariyat and
  • Alexis Racelis

22 November 2021

The incorporation of native plant species is central to restoration efforts, but this is often limited by both the availability of seeds and the relatively low viability and germination rates of commercially available seeds. Although pre-sowing treat...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,240 Views
17 Pages

Geometric Models for Seed Shape Description and Quantification in the Cactaceae

  • José Javier Martín-Gómez,
  • Diego Gutiérrez del Pozo,
  • Ángel Tocino and
  • Emilio Cervantes

22 November 2021

Seed shape in species of the Cactaceae is described by comparison with geometric models. Three new groups of models are presented, two for symmetric seeds, and a third group for asymmetric seeds. The first two groups correspond, respectively, to supe...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
4,744 Views
21 Pages

Integrated Nutrient Management Enhances Productivity and Nitrogen Use Efficiency of Crops in Acidic and Charland Soils

  • Mohammad Mojibur Rahman,
  • Shihab Uddin,
  • Mohammad Mofizur Rahman Jahangir,
  • Zakaria M. Solaiman,
  • Saud Alamri,
  • Manzer H. Siddiqui and
  • Mohammad Rafiqul Islam

22 November 2021

Integrated Plant Nutrient System (IPNS) is practiced worldwide to maintain soil quality. Two field experiments were conducted in 2019 and 2020 in acidic and charland soils to assess the impact of different manures, viz., poultry manure (PM), vermicom...

  • Article
  • Open Access
21 Citations
4,341 Views
14 Pages

Glucosinolates and Isothiocyantes in Processed Rapeseed Determined by HPLC-DAD-qTOF

  • Ana Miklavčič Višnjevec,
  • Angelica Tamayo Tenorio,
  • Anne Christine Steenkjær Hastrup,
  • Natanya Majbritt Louie Hansen,
  • Kelly Peeters and
  • Matthew Schwarzkopf

22 November 2021

Glucosinolates are well known as natural antimicrobials and anticarcinogenic agents. However, these compounds can lose their properties and transform into antinutrients, depending on processing conditions. In addition, the bitterness of some glucosin...

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