The crucial role of plant mitochondria in orchestrating drought tolerance

OK Atkin, D Macherel - Annals of botany, 2009 - academic.oup.com
Background Around the world, the frequency and intensity of droughts is increasing as a
result of global climate change, with important consequences for the growth and survival of …

Ranges of critical temperature and water potential values for the germination of species worldwide: contribution to a seed trait database

C Dürr, JB Dickie, XY Yang, HW Pritchard - Agricultural and forest …, 2015 - Elsevier
Germination is the first essential stage in crop and food production, as well as for the
establishment of trees and regeneration of wild species. Temperature and water potential …

[BOG][B] Handbook of plant and crop stress

M Pessarakli - 2019 - books.google.com
Since the publication of the third edition of the Handbook of Plant and Crop Stress,
continuous discoveries in the fields of plant and crop environmental stresses and their …

The heat is on: how crop growth, development, and yield respond to high temperature

T Zhu, CF Fonseca De Lima… - Journal of Experimental …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Plants are exposed to a wide range of temperatures during their life cycle and need to
continuously adapt. These adaptations need to deal with temperature changes on a daily …

Mitochondrial small heat shock protein mediates seed germination via thermal sensing

W Ma, X Guan, J Li, R Pan, L Wang… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - National Acad Sciences
Seed germination is an energy demanding process that requires functional mitochondria
upon imbibition. However, how mitochondria fine tune seed germination, especially in …

The conundrum of hot mitochondria

D Macherel, F Haraux, H Guillou… - Biochimica et Biophysica …, 2021 - Elsevier
The mitochondrion is often referred as the cellular powerhouse because the organelle
oxidizes organic acids and NADH derived from nutriments, converting around 40% of the …

[HTML][HTML] A mitochondrial late embryogenesis abundant protein stabilizes model membranes in the dry state

D Tolleter, DK Hincha, D Macherel - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) …, 2010 - Elsevier
Late embryogenesis abundant (LEA) proteins are a highly diverse group of polypeptides
expected to play important roles in desiccation tolerance of plant seeds. They are also found …

Reduced mitochondrial and ascorbate–glutathione activity after artificial ageing in soybean seed

X **n, Q Tian, G Yin, X Chen, J Zhang, S Ng… - Journal of Plant …, 2014 - Elsevier
The effect of artificial ageing on the relationship between mitochondrial activities and the
antioxidant system was studied in soybean seeds (Glycine max L. cv. Zhongdou No. 27) …

High‐resolution temperature responses of leaf respiration in snow gum (Eucalyptus pauciflora) reveal high‐temperature limits to respiratory function

OS O'SULLIVAN, KWLK Weerasinghe… - Plant, Cell & …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
We tested whether snow gum (E ucalyptus pauciflora) trees growing in thermally contrasting
environments exhibit generalizable temperature (T) response functions of leaf respiration …

Dynamic changes in the mitochondrial electron transport chain underpinning cold acclimation of leaf respiration

AF Armstrong, MR Badger, DA Day… - Plant, Cell & …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
We examined the effect of short‐and long‐term changes in temperature on gene expression,
protein abundance, and the activity of the alternative oxidase and cytochrome oxidase …