[EN] Background and aims: Morphological and biochemical traits of four halophytes of the genus Limonium were analysed in plants sampled from salt marshes in SE Spain. This work aimed to explore the mechanism(s) behind the ...
[EN] Proline (Pro) and glycine betaine (GB) contents were determined in two Mediterranean halophytes, Plantago crassifolia and
Inula crithmoides, to assess their possible role in salt tolerance of both taxa. Plant material ...
Boscaiu, Monica; Lull, Cristina; Llinares Palacios, Josep Vicent; Vicente, Oscar; Boira Tortajada, Herminio(Oxford University Press (OUP): Policy B - Oxford Open Option D, 2013)
[EN] Aims
Osmolytes, used for maintaining osmotic balance and as
osmoprotectants , are synthesized in plants as a general, conserved
response to abiotic stress, although their contribution to
stress-tolerance mechanisms ...
[EN] Limonium is a genus represented in the Iberian Peninsula by numerous halophytic species that are a ected in nature by salinity, and often by prolonged drought episodes. Responses to water deficit have been studied in ...
[EN] Current agricultural problems, such as the decline of freshwater and fertile land, foster saline agriculture development. Salicornia and Sarcocornia species, with a long history of human consumption, are ideal models ...
[EN] The increasing frequency and intensity of drought periods is a serious threat for agriculture, prompting research
to select and develop crop species and cultivars with enhanced water stress tolerance. Drought responses ...
[EN] The genus Plantago is particularly interesting for studying the mechanisms of salt tolerance in plants, as it includes both halophytes and glycophytes, as well as species adapted to xeric environments. In this study, ...
Todea (Morar), Irina Maria; González-Orenga, Sara; Boscaiu, Monica; Plazas Ávila, María de la O; Sestras, Adriana F.; Prohens Tomás, Jaime; Vicente, Oscar; Sestras, Radu E.(MDPI AG, 2020-04-02)
[EN] Forest ecosystems are frequently exposed to abiotic stress, which adversely affects their growth, resistance and survival. For silver fir (Abies alba), the physiological and biochemical responses to water and salt ...
[EN] Drought tolerance was evaluated in twelve cultivars of three ornamental Tagetes
species (T. patula, T. tenuifolia and T. erecta). A stress treatment was performed
by completely stopping watering of plants maintained ...
[EN] This study assessed the responses of four local Spanish cultivars of Phaseolus lunatus (lima bean) to moderate salinity. For three weeks, plants were exposed to increasing salinity (50-150 mM NaCl) under greenhouse ...
Pacurar, Andrea Mariana; AL HASSAN, MOHAMAD; Gaspar, Alexandra Oana; Boscaiu Neagu, Mónica Tereza; Vicente Meana, Óscar(University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca, 2013)
[EN] We have studied whether two common osmolytes proline (Pro) and glycine betaine (GB) accumulate in plants of different Plantago species in response to salt and water stress, which would suggest that these compatible ...
Arteaga, Sugenith; Yabor, Lourdes; Díez Niclós, Mª José Teresa De Jesús; Prohens Tomás, Jaime; Boscaiu, Monica; Vicente, Oscar(MDPI, 2020-06)
[EN] The selection of stress-resistant cultivars, to be used in breeding programmes aimed at enhancing the drought and salt tolerance of our major crops, is an urgent need for agriculture
in a climate change scenario. In ...
Al Hassan, Mohamad; Estrelles, Elena; Soriano, Pilar; López-Gresa, María Pilar; Belles Albert, José Mª; Boscaiu, Monica; Vicente, Oscar(Frontiers Media SA, 2017)
[EN] We have performed an extensive study on the responses to salt stress in four related Limonium halophytes with different geographic distribution patterns, during seed germination and early vegetative growth. The aims ...