[EN] Aims: The survival and ecological distribution of plants in arid habitats are mainly conditioned by water availability and physiological adaptations to withstand drought. In the present study, we have compared the ...
[EN] The study of the mechanisms of response to salt stress is one of the most active research topics in plant
biology, not only due to its unquestionable academic interest but also because of its economic implications, ...
[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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 is one of the most interesting and biodiverse genera of halophytes, with many species adapted to saline environments. Limonium species have a promising potential as cultivated minor crops as many have ornamental ...
Arteaga Castillo, Sugenith Margarita(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2021-06-28)
[ES] Durante siglos de cultivo en la Península Ibérica después de su introducción en el siglo XVI, las judías se adaptaron a nuevos entornos, evolucionando numerosas variedades locales. Se evaluaron cultivares españoles ...
Pacheco Toabanda, Juan Enrique(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2022-11-07)
[ES] El pepino dulce (Solanum muricatum) y el tomate de árbol (S. betaceum) pertenecen al grupo de cultivos de la familia Solanaceae. Estos dos cultivos son originarios de América del Sur y actualmente se cultivan en varios ...
Taïbi, Khaled; Campo García, Antonio Dámaso Del; Vilagrosa, Alberto; Belles Albert, José Mª; López-Gresa, María Pilar; López-Nicolás, José M.; Mulet, José Miguel(Springer (Biomed Central Ltd.), 2018-10)
[EN] BackgroundForest species ranges are confined by environmental limitations such as cold stress. The natural range shifts of pine forests due to climate change and proactive-assisted population migration may each be ...
Shahi-Gharahlar, Ali; Fatahi, Mohammad Reza; Zamani, Zabihollah; Al Hassan, Mohamad; Boscaiu Neagu, Mónica Tereza; Vicente Meana, Óscar(2016)
[EN] Drought is one of the major causes of reduction of crop yields worldwide, a problem that will increase in the next decades due to climate change. We describe here an initial attempt to define biochemical markers ...
[EN] Climate change accentuates abiotic stress conditions putting at risk several commercial cultivars particularly vulnerable to salinity in the early stages of development, which makes adopting new technologies in tune ...
[EN] Limonium angustebracteatum is an endemic halophyte from the Spanish Mediterranean coastal salt marshes. To investigate this species' ability to cope with recurrent drought and salt stress, one-year-old plants were ...
Plesa, Iona M.; González-Orenga, Sara; Al Hassan, Mohamad; Sestras, Adriana F.; Vicente, Oscar; Prohens Tomás, Jaime; Sestras, Radu E.; Boscaiu, Monica(MDPI AG, 2018)
[EN] Larix decidua, the European larch, is not normally affected by drought or salinity in its
natural habitats, but it may be when grown as an ornamental tree, by the widespread practice of
winter de-icing of mountain ...
[EN] Biosynthesis of proline¿or other compatible solutes¿is a conserved response of all organisms to different abiotic stress conditions leading to cellular dehydration. However, the biological relevance of this reaction ...
[EN] This study attempted to determine short-term responses to drought and salt stress in different Silene vulgaris genotypes and to identify potential abiotic stress biochemical indicators in this species. Four populations ...
Zuzunaga-Rosas, Javier; Calone, Roberta; Mircea, Diana M.; Shakya, Rashmi; Ibañez Asensio, Sara; Boscaiu, Monica; Fita, Ana; Moreno-Ramón, Héctor; Vicente, Oscar(Frontiers Media SA, 2024-02-16)
[EN] Horticultural crops constantly face abiotic stress factors such as salinity, which have intensified in recent years due to accelerated climate change, significantly affecting their yields and profitability. Under these ...
Pacheco, Juan; Plazas Ávila, María de la O; Pettinai, Ilaria; Landa-Faz, Anbu; González-Orenga, Sara; Boscaiu, Monica; Soler Aleixandre, Salvador; Prohens Tomás, Jaime; Vicente, Oscar; Gramazio, Pietro(Elsevier, 2021-06-27)
[EN] The pepino (Solanum muricatum) is a neglected crop from the Andean region with potential for expansion to many areas of the world. However, there is a lack of studies in pepino related to its response to water stress. ...
Dittrichia viscosa is a Mediterranean ruderal species that over the last decades has expanded into new habitats, including coastal salt marshes, ecosystems that are per se fragile and threatened by human activities. To ...