Early drought stress warning in plants: Color pictures of photosystem II photochemistry

M Moustakas, I Sperdouli, J Moustaka - Climate, 2022 - mdpi.com
Drought, the major limiting factor for plant growth and crop productivity, affecting several
physiological and biochemical processes, is expected to increase in duration, intensity, and …

Plants response to light stress

Y Shi, X Ke, X Yang, Y Liu, X Hou - Journal of Genetics and Genomics, 2022 - Elsevier
Plants require solar energy to grow through oxygenic photosynthesis; however, when light
intensity exceeds the optimal range for photosynthesis, it causes abiotic stress and …

[HTML][HTML] Cadmium toxicity in Salvia sclarea L.: An integrative response of element uptake, oxidative stress markers, leaf structure and photosynthesis

AG Dobrikova, EL Apostolova, A Hanć… - Ecotoxicology and …, 2021 - Elsevier
The herbal plant Salvia sclarea L.(clary sage) is classified to cadmium (Cd) accumulators
and considered as a potential plant for phytoremediation of heavy metal polluted soil …

[HTML][HTML] Plant stress response and adaptation via anthocyanins: A review

Z Li, GJ Ahammed - Plant Stress, 2023 - Elsevier
Global climate change has caused an increase in extreme weather events and subjected
plants to a variety of abiotic stress. Plants being rooted in the soil are unable to avoid abiotic …

Harnessing the role of foliar applied salicylic acid in decreasing chlorophyll content to reassess photosystem II photoprotection in crop plants

M Moustakas, I Sperdouli, IDS Adamakis… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Salicylic acid (SA), an essential plant hormone, has received much attention due to its role in
modulating the adverse effects of biotic and abiotic stresses, acting as an antioxidant and …

Biochemical Response of Okra (Abelmoschus esculentus L.) to Selenium (Se) under Drought Stress

J Ali, I Jan, H Ullah, S Fahad, S Saud, M Adnan, B Ali… - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
Drought stress restricts the growth of okra (Abelmoschus esculentus L.) by disrupting its
biochemical and physiological functions. The current study was conducted to evaluate the …

[HTML][HTML] Anthocyanins in photoprotection: knowing the actors in play to solve this complex ecophysiological issue

G Agati, L Guidi, M Landi, M Tattini - The New Phytologist, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Though there is compelling evidence for the suite of molecular events regulating the
flavonoid branch pathway that leads to anthocyanin biosynthesis (Chen et al., 2019; Naing & …

Excess zinc supply reduces cadmium uptake and mitigates cadmium toxicity effects on chloroplast structure, oxidative stress, and photosystem II photochemical …

I Sperdouli, IDS Adamakis, A Dobrikova, E Apostolova… - Toxics, 2022 - mdpi.com
Salvia sclarea L. is a Cd2+ tolerant medicinal herb with antifungal and antimicrobial
properties cultivated for its pharmacological properties. However, accumulation of high …

Plant photochemistry, reactive oxygen species, and photoprotection

M Moustakas - Photochem, 2021 - mdpi.com
Light energy, absorbed as photons by chlorophylls and other pigment molecules consisting
of light-harvesting complexes (LHCs), is transferred to the reaction centres (RCs), where …

Harnessing chlorophyll fluorescence for phenotyping analysis of wild and cultivated tomato for high photochemical efficiency under water deficit for climate change …

I Sperdouli, I Mellidou, M Moustakas - Climate, 2021 - mdpi.com
Fluctuations of the weather conditions, due to global climate change, greatly influence plant
growth and development, eventually affecting crop yield and quality, but also plant survival …