Schiop, Sorin T.; Al Hassan, Mohamad; Sestras, Adriana F.; Boscaiu, Monica; Sestras, Radu E.; Vicente, Oscar(Springer-Verlag, 2017-10)
[EN] Norway spruce is a native European coniferous species distributed from the Carpathian Mountains and the Alps to northern Scandinavia. In the coming decades, spruce forests will need to cope with increasing climate ...
Cicevan, Raluca; Sestras, Adriana F.; Plazas Ávila, María de la O; Boscaiu, Monica; Vilanova Navarro, Santiago; Gramazio, Pietro; Vicente, Oscar; Prohens Tomás, Jaime; Sestras, Radu E.(MDPI, 2022-03)
[EN] Marigolds (Tagetes spp.) are multifunctional flowering plants belonging to the Asteraceae family, well-known and widespread for their ornamental value and many other uses. In this study, morphological differences and ...
[EN] World population is expected to reach 9.2 × 109 people by 2050. Feeding them will
require a boost in crop productivity using innovative approaches. Current agricultural
production is very dependent on large amounts ...
Hussain, Muhammad Iftikhar; Naeem, Majida; Khan, Zafar Iqbal; Akhtar, Shahzad; Nadeem, Muhammad; Alnuwaiser, Maha Abdallah; Ahmad, Kafeel; Vicente, Oscar; Yang, Hsi-Hsien(MDPI AG, 2022-10)
[EN] Copper (Cu) and cadmium (Cd) metal distribution in soil-plant ecosystems and their public health risk impact on ruminants (cows, buffalo, and sheep) are explored in the present investigation. Five
different forage ...
[EN] In this study the effects of salt stress on growth and several stress markers were investigated in the ornamental and medicinal plant Calendula officinalis. One-month-old plants were submitted to increasing salt ...
[EN] Lipases catalyze the hydrolysis of ester bonds in triacylglycerides, generating glycerol and free fatty acids. These enzymes are
encoded by extremely complex gene families, and appear to fulfil many different biological ...
AL HASSAN, MOHAMAD(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2018-01-19)
[EN] Abstract
Introduction
Salinity and drought are the most important environmental stress conditions reducing crop yields worldwide and limiting the distribution of wild plants in nature. Soil salinity, especially ...
Vicente, Oscar; Boscaiu, Monica(University of Agronomic Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Bucharest, Romania - Faculty of Biotechnologies, 2019)
[EN] The progressive salinisation of irrigated cropland is causing substantial losses in agricultural production, a problema that will worsen due to climate change effects. Enhancing crop salt tolerance is a sensible ...
Morosan, Mihaela; Al Hassan, Mohamad; Naranjo Olivero, Miguel Ángel; López-Gresa, María Pilar; Boscaiu, Monica; Vicente, Oscar(European Biotechnology Thematic Network Association, 2017)
[EN] Genetic improvement of crop drought tolerance has become an urgent need for increasing agricultural yields and food production,
to feed a growing human population in the context of global climate change. To get insights ...
Gaspar, Alexandra Oana; AL HASSAN, MOHAMAD; Pacurar, Andrea Mariana; Vicente Meana, Óscar; Boscaiu Neagu, Mónica Tereza(2013)
Accumulation of compatible solutes or osmolytes is a general response of plants to abiotic stress conditions, but we still have very limited knowledge on the relevance of this response for stress tolerance mechanisms of ...
[EN] Drought and salinity are the most adverse environmental factors affecting crop productivity worldwide. The
increasing scarcity of fresh, high-quality irrigation water is forcing the use of alternative water ...
Salt stress, as well as other abiotic stresses, induces the activation of antioxidant systems in plants, since they cause oxidative stress as a secondary effect. We have analysed the antioxidant response to salt treatments ...
[EN] Little information is available on the physiological and biochemical responses to water stress in eggplant (Solanum melongena). We valuated four genetically diverse eggplant varieties (MEL3-MEL6) under control and ...
[EN] Erigeron bonariensis and E. sumatrensis are two noxious weeds present in many parts of the world. Their tolerance to salinity and water deficit was analysed at the seed germination stage and during vegetative development. ...
Kozminska, Aleksandra; Al Hassan, Mohamad; Hanus-Fajerska, Ewa; Naranjo Olivero, Miguel Angel; Boscaiu, Monica; Vicente, Oscar(Elsevier, 2018)
[EN] Comparative analyses of the responses to abiotic stress in related taxa with different degrees of tolerance can
provide useful information to elucidate the mechanisms of stress tolerance in plants. This kind of study ...
Brenes, Marco; Pérez, Jason; González-Orenga, Sara; Solana, Andrea; Boscaiu, Monica; Prohens Tomás, Jaime; Plazas Ávila, María de la O; Fita, Ana; Vicente, Oscar(MDPI AG, 2020-08)
[EN] This study investigated the physiological and biochemical responses to salinity stress of Solanum melongena and its wild relative, Solanum torvum, commonly used as eggplant rootstock. Young plants of both species were ...
González-Orenga, Sara; Leandro, Maria Elisa D. A.; Tortajada, Laura; Grigore, Marius N.; Llorens Molina, Juan Antonio; Ferrer-Gallego, P. Pablo; Laguna Lumbreras, Emilio; Boscaiu, Monica; Vicente, Oscar(Elsevier, 2021-11)
[EN] Bupleurum tenuissimum is a rare species in Spain, which became extinct in recent decades in many localities, including protected areas. In the study area, the ¿Albufera¿ Natural Park (SE Spain), the species was present ...
[EN] Limonium angustebracteatum is a halophyte endemic to the E and SE Iberian Peninsula with interest in conservation. Salt glands represent an important adaptive trait in recretohalophytes like this and other Limonium ...