Algal photosynthetic responses to toxic metals and herbicides assessed by chlorophyll a fluorescence

KS Kumar, HU Dahms, JS Lee, HC Kim, WC Lee… - Ecotoxicology and …, 2014 - Elsevier
Chlorophyll a fluorescence is established as a rapid, non-intrusive technique to monitor
photosynthetic performance of plants and algae, as well as to analyze their protective …

Improvement of neutral lipid and polyunsaturated fatty acid biosynthesis by overexpressing a type 2 diacylglycerol acyltransferase in marine diatom Phaeodactylum …

YF Niu, MH Zhang, DW Li, WD Yang, JS Liu, WB Bai… - Marine drugs, 2013 - mdpi.com
Microalgae have been emerging as an important source for the production of bioactive
compounds. Marine diatoms can store high amounts of lipid and grow quite quickly …

[HTML][HTML] Environmental risk assessment of triazine herbicides in the Bohai Sea and the Yellow Sea and their toxicity to phytoplankton at environmental concentrations

L Yang, H Li, Y Zhang, N Jiao - Environment international, 2019 - Elsevier
Herbicides have been increasingly used worldwide and a large amount of herbicide residue
eventually enters the ocean via groundwater or surface run-off every year. However, the …

Chlorophyll fluorescence as a marker for herbicide mechanisms of action

FE Dayan, MLM Zaccaro - Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology, 2012 - Elsevier
Photosynthesis is the single most important source of O2 and organic chemical energy
necessary to support all non-autotrophic life forms. Plants compartmentalize this elaborate …

Salt-tolerant endophytic bacterium Enterobacter ludwigii B30 enhance bermudagrass growth under salt stress by modulating plant physiology and changing …

H Wei, W He, Z Li, L Ge, J Zhang, T Liu - Frontiers in Plant Science, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Osmotic and ionic induced salt stress suppresses plant growth. In a previous study,
Enterobacter ludwigii B30, isolated from Paspalum vaginatum, improved seed germination …

Molecular characterization of a glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferase reveals key features essential for triacylglycerol production in Phaeodactylum tricornutum

YF Niu, X Wang, DX Hu, S Balamurugan, DW Li… - Biotechnology for …, 2016 - Springer
Abstract Background The marine diatom, Phaeodactylum tricornutum, has become a model
for studying lipid metabolism and its triacylglycerol (TAG) synthesis pathway makes it an …

Impairment of maize seedling photosynthesis caused by a combination of potassium deficiency and salt stress

C Qu, C Liu, X Gong, C Li, M Hong, L Wang… - … and experimental botany, 2012 - Elsevier
The accumulation of intracellular sodium ions changes the ratio of K+: Na+ under salt stress,
which seems to affect the bioenergetic processes of photosynthesis. However, very little …

Effects of lead on growth, photosynthetic characteristics and production of reactive oxygen species of two freshwater green algae

LHT Dao, J Beardall - Chemosphere, 2016 - Elsevier
In the natural environment, heavy metal contamination can occur as long-term pollution of
sites or as pulses of pollutants from wastewater disposal. In this study two freshwater green …

Oxidative stress caused by Basagran® herbicide is altered by salicylic acid treatments in peanut plants

DEM Radwan, AK Mohamed, KA Fayez… - Heliyon, 2019 - cell.com
The present work was to study a protective role of salicylic acid (SA) on oxidative stress
caused by Basagran® herbicide application. Two peanut cultivars (Arachis hypogaea cv …

Environmental safety data on CuO and TiO2 nanoparticles for multiple algal species in natural water: filling the data gaps for risk assessment

E Joonas, V Aruoja, K Olli, A Kahru - Science of the total environment, 2019 - Elsevier
Most research on nanoparticle (NP) ecotoxicological effects has been conducted on single
species in laboratory conditions that are not environmentally representative. We compared …