Flavonoids make a relevant contribution to the response mechanisms of higher plants to a
plethora of abiotic stresses. In addition to the long-reported functions as screeners of …

Tropospheric ozone (O3) is a secondary pollutant that causes oxidative stress in plants due
to the generation of excess reactive oxygen species (ROS). Phenylpropanoid metabolism is …

Rice (Oryza sativa), a salt-sensitive species, has considerable genetic variation for salt
tolerance within the cultivated gene pool. Two indica rice genotypes, FL478, a recombinant …

Chemical defences represent a main trait of the plant innate immune system. Besides
regulating the relationship between plants and their ecosystems, phytochemicals are …

Flavonoids are a diverse group of secondary metabolites with a wide range of roles in
mechanisms relating to UV protection, insect attraction, pathogen defense, symbiosis …

Plants react to O3 threat by setting up a variety of defensive strategies involving the co-
ordinated modulation of stress perception, signalling and metabolic responses. Although …

Phytoalexins are pathogen induced low molecular weight compounds with antimicrobial
activities derived from secondary metabolism. Following their identification, phytoalexins …

Methanol extracts of seeds from 23 accessions of 3 Phaseolus vulgaris ecotypes
(“Sarconi”,“Lamon”,“Zolfino del Pratomagno”), grown in different Italian regions (Basilicata …

Wheat cultivars namely HD 2987 [ozone (O 3) sensitive], PBW 502 (intermediately sensitive
to O 3) and Kharchiya 65 (O 3 tolerant) were chosen on the basis of earlier study to …

Aluminum stress is considered as a restricting factor for plant products. Therefore, many
compounds have been applied to minimize the harmful effects of stress. Recently, the …