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Plants, Volume 12, Issue 8

April-2 2023 - 153 articles

Cover Story: Global environmental changes cause an increase in the oscillation and intensification of various abiotic stress factors, which have negative impacts on crop production. Abiotic stressors responsible for the major constraints in agriculture predominantly include drought, salinity, extreme temperatures, and metal (nanoparticle) toxicities. It is thus important to understand how plant organs adapt to changing conditions, as this can help produce more stress-resistant or stress-tolerant plants. This article summarizes the life threatening factors of the changing environment leading to stress-related damage to plants, with an emphasis to their subcellular components and plant responses to such conditions in the context of their ability to adapt and survive in challenging environments. View this paper
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Articles (153)

  • Review
  • Open Access
6 Citations
6,564 Views
25 Pages

The Lack of Standardization and Pharmacological Effect Limits the Potential Clinical Usefulness of Phytosterols in Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia

  • Mădălina-Georgiana Buț,
  • George Jîtcă,
  • Silvia Imre,
  • Camil Eugen Vari,
  • Bianca Eugenia Ősz,
  • Carmen-Maria Jîtcă and
  • Amelia Tero-Vescan

20 April 2023

The prevalence of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) markedly increases with age. Phytotherapeutic approaches have been developed over time owing to the adverse side effects of conventional medications such as 5-reductase inhibitors and α1-adre...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,650 Views
24 Pages

Assessment the Impacts of Sea-Level Changes on Mangroves of Ceará-Mirim Estuary, Northeastern Brazil, during the Holocene and Anthropocene

  • Sérgio. P. D. Q. Nunes,
  • Marlon C. França,
  • Marcelo C. L. Cohen,
  • Luiz C. R. Pessenda,
  • Erika S. F. Rodrigues,
  • Evandro A. S. Magalhães and
  • Fernando A. B. Silva

20 April 2023

Predictions of the effects of modern Relative Sea-Level (RSL) rise on mangroves should be based on decadal-millennial mangrove dynamics and the particularities of each depositional environment under past RSL changes. This work identified inland and s...

  • Article
  • Open Access
21 Citations
6,607 Views
17 Pages

20 April 2023

Ginger (Zingiber officinale) has unique medicinal value and can be used to treat colds and cold-related diseases. The chemical composition and antibacterial activity of ginger essential oil (GEO) against Shewanella putrefaciens were determined in the...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,568 Views
19 Pages

Integrated Analysis of miRNAome and Transcriptome Identify Regulators of Elm Seed Aging

  • Tiantian Ye,
  • Xu Huang,
  • Tianxiao Ma,
  • Ying Li,
  • Xiaofeng Wang,
  • Hai Lu and
  • Hua Xue

20 April 2023

After maturity, seed vigor irreversibly decreases. Understanding the underlying mechanism is important to germplasm preservation. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) play vital regulatory roles in plants. However, little is known about how miRNAs regulate seed aging....

  • Article
  • Open Access
24 Citations
5,249 Views
23 Pages

The Impact of Heavy Metal Accumulation on Some Physiological Parameters in Silphium perfoliatum L. Plants Grown in Hydroponic Systems

  • Radu Liviu Sumalan,
  • Vlad Nescu,
  • Adina Berbecea,
  • Renata Maria Sumalan,
  • Manuela Crisan,
  • Petru Negrea and
  • Sorin Ciulca

20 April 2023

Heavy metals like cadmium (Cd), copper (Cu), lead (Pb), and zinc (Zn), resulting from anthropogenic activities, are elements with high persistence in nature, being able to accumulate in soils, water, and plants with significant impact to human and an...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,806 Views
16 Pages

Maintenance of Methyl-Esterified Pectin Level in Pollen Mother-Cell Stages Is Required for Microspore Development

  • Kazuya Hasegawa,
  • Ai Ichikawa,
  • Haruki Takeuchi,
  • Atsuko Nakamura and
  • Hiroaki Iwai

20 April 2023

Pectin modification and degradation are vital for plant development, although the underlying mechanisms are still not well understood. Furthermore, reports on the function of pectin in early pollen development are limited. We generated OsPME-FOX rice...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,710 Views
17 Pages

The Antimicrobial Potential and Aquaculture Wastewater Treatment Ability of Penaeidins 3a Transgenic Duckweed

  • Lin Yang,
  • Ximeng Luo,
  • Jinge Sun,
  • Xu Ma,
  • Qiuting Ren,
  • Yaya Wang,
  • Wenqiao Wang,
  • Yuman He,
  • Qingqing Li and
  • Bing Han
  • + 2 authors

20 April 2023

With the development of aquaculture, wastewater treatment and diseases have been paid more and more attention. The question of how to improve the immunity of aquatic species, as well as treat aquaculture wastewater, has become an urgent problem. In t...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
3,090 Views
24 Pages

Studying Parameters Affecting Accumulation of Chilling Units Required for Olive Winter Flower Induction

  • Chaim Engelen,
  • Tahel Wechsler,
  • Ortal Bakhshian,
  • Ilan Smoly,
  • Idan Flaks,
  • Tamar Friedlander,
  • Giora Ben-Ari and
  • Alon Samach

20 April 2023

With global warming, mean winter temperatures are predicted to increase. Therefore, understanding how warmer winters will affect the levels of olive flower induction is essential for predicting the future sustainability of olive oil production under...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
5,142 Views
22 Pages

Sideritis scardica Extracts Demonstrate Neuroprotective Activity against Aβ25–35 Toxicity

  • Antonis Ververis,
  • Kristia Ioannou,
  • Sotiris Kyriakou,
  • Niki Violaki,
  • Mihalis I. Panayiotidis,
  • Michael Plioukas and
  • Kyproula Christodoulou

20 April 2023

Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the most prevalent neurodegenerative condition, primarily affecting seniors. Despite the significant time and money spent over the past few decades, no therapy has been developed yet. In recent years, the research ha...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
2,020 Views
12 Pages

Effect of Two Seeding Rates on Nitrogen Yield and Nitrogen Fixation of Winter and Spring Faba Bean

  • Reinhard W. Neugschwandtner,
  • Alexander Bernhuber,
  • Stefan Kammlander,
  • Helmut Wagentristl,
  • Agnieszka Klimek-Kopyra,
  • Tomáš Lošák,
  • Jaroslav Bernas,
  • Lukas J. Koppensteiner,
  • Kuanysh K. Zholamanov and
  • Mohammad Ghorbani
  • + 1 author

20 April 2023

Faba bean (Vicia faba L. minor) is an important grain legume and is widely used as food and feed. It is traditionally used as a spring crop in Central European cropping systems. There is increasing interest in winter faba bean due to a higher yield p...

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