Response mechanism of plants to drought stress

X Yang, M Lu, Y Wang, Y Wang, Z Liu, S Chen - Horticulturae, 2021 - mdpi.com
With the global climate anomalies and the destruction of ecological balance, the water
shortage has become a serious ecological problem facing all mankind, and drought has …

Friend or foe? Reactive oxygen species production, scavenging and signaling in plant response to environmental stresses

W Czarnocka, S Karpiński - Free Radical Biology and Medicine, 2018 - Elsevier
In the natural environment, plants are exposed to a variety of biotic and abiotic stress
conditions that trigger rapid changes in the production and scavenging of reactive oxygen …

Ecotoxicity and genotoxicity of polystyrene microplastics on higher plant Vicia faba

X Jiang, H Chen, Y Liao, Z Ye, M Li, G Klobučar - Environmental Pollution, 2019 - Elsevier
Nano-and microplastics have been widely spread in environmental matrices, especially in
marine and terrestrial systems. In this study, higher plant Vicia faba root tips were exposed to …

Priming with zinc oxide nanoparticles improve germination and photosynthetic performance in wheat

P Rai-Kalal, A Jajoo - Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, 2021 - Elsevier
The present study is the first attempt to demonstrate the beneficiary effects of seed priming
with zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnO NPs) in wheat cultivar H–I 1544. Wheat seeds primed …

Physiological and biochemical changes during drought and recovery periods at tillering and jointing stages in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)

M Abid, S Ali, LK Qi, R Zahoor, Z Tian, D Jiang… - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
Defining the metabolic strategies used by wheat to tolerate and recover from drought events
will be important for ensuring yield stability in the future, but studies addressing this critical …

Positively charged microplastics induce strong lettuce stress responses from physiological, transcriptomic, and metabolomic perspectives

Y Wang, L **ang, F Wang, Z Wang, Y Bian… - Environmental …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Microplastics (MPs) can enter plants through the foliar pathway and are potential hazards to
ecosystems and human health. However, studies related to the molecular mechanisms …

Cadmium bioavailability, uptake, toxicity and detoxification in soil-plant system

M Shahid, C Dumat, S Khalid, NK Niazi… - … and toxicology volume …, 2017 - Springer
This review summarizes the findings of the most recent studies, published from 2000 to
2016, which focus on the biogeochemical behavior of Cd in soil-plant systems and its impact …

Hydrogen peroxide metabolism and functions in plants

N Smirnoff, D Arnaud - New phytologist, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Contents Summary 1197 I. Introduction 1198 II. Measurement and imaging of H2O2 1198 III.
H2O2 and O2·− toxicity 1199 IV. Production of H2O2: enzymes and subcellular locations …

Improving oxidative stress resilience in plants

PI Kerchev, F Van Breusegem - The Plant Journal, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Originally conceived as harmful metabolic byproducts, reactive oxygen species (ROS) are
now recognized as an integral part of numerous cellular programs. Thanks to their diverse …

Exogenous melatonin confers salt stress tolerance to watermelon by improving photosynthesis and redox homeostasis

H Li, J Chang, H Chen, Z Wang, X Gu, C Wei… - Frontiers in plant …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Melatonin, a pleiotropic signal molecule, has been shown to play important roles in the
regulation of plant growth, development, and responses to environmental stresses. Since a …