Ozone affects plant, insect, and soil microbial communities: A threat to terrestrial ecosystems and biodiversity

E Agathokleous, Z Feng, E Oksanen, P Sicard… - Science …, 2020 - science.org
Elevated tropospheric ozone concentrations induce adverse effects in plants. We reviewed
how ozone affects (i) the composition and diversity of plant communities by affecting key …

Micro/nanoplastics effects on organisms: a review focusing on 'dose'

E Agathokleous, I Iavicoli, D Barceló… - Journal of hazardous …, 2021 - Elsevier
Microplastics have become predominant contaminants, attracting much political and
scientific attention. Despite the massively-increasing research on microplastics effects on …

Chlorophyll hormesis: are chlorophylls major components of stress biology in higher plants?

E Agathokleous, ZZ Feng, J Peñuelas - Science of the Total Environment, 2020 - Elsevier
High oxidative stress inhibits the synthesis and accumulation of chlorophylls, the pigments
that absorb and use light. We collated evidence from a diverse array of studies …

Plant hormesis: Revising of the concepts of biostimulation, elicitation and their application in a sustainable agricultural production

PL Godínez-Mendoza, AK Rico-Chávez… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Current research in basic and applied knowledge of plant science has aimed to unravel the
role of the interaction between environmental factors and the genome in the physiology of …

Environmental hormesis of non-specific and specific adaptive mechanisms in plants

EA Erofeeva - Science of the Total Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
Adaptive responses of plants are important not only for local processes in populations and
communities but also for global processes in the biosphere through the primary production …

Hormesis: a compelling platform for sophisticated plant science

E Agathokleous, M Kitao, EJ Calabrese - Trends in plant science, 2019 - cell.com
The field of dose–response has received attention from the early modern period in the
history of science. While it was thought that linear dose–response is the rule of thumb …

[HTML][HTML] The dynamics of climate change adaptation in Sub-Saharan Africa: A review of climate-smart agriculture among small-scale farmers

VO Abegunde, M Sibanda, A Obi - Climate, 2019 - mdpi.com
Climate-smart agriculture (CSA) as a credible alternative to tackle food insecurity under the
changing climate is gaining wide acceptance. However, many developing countries have …

A global environmental health perspective and optimisation of stress

E Agathokleous, EJ Calabrese - Science of the Total Environment, 2020 - Elsevier
The phrase “what doesn't kill us makes us stronger” suggests the possibility that living
systems have evolved a spectrum of adaptive mechanisms resulting in a biological stress …

Elevated O3 threatens biological communications mediated by plant volatiles: A review focusing on the urban environment

N Masui, K Shiojiri, E Agathokleous… - Critical Reviews in …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Plant volatiles, particularly biogenic volatile organic compounds (BVOCs), emitted in urban
areas have attracted attention as olfactory signals between plants and other organisms …

[HTML][HTML] Plant hormesis and Shelford's tolerance law curve

EA Erofeeva - Journal of Forestry Research, 2021 - Springer
Shelford's law of tolerance is illustrated by a bell-shaped curve depicting the relationship
between environmental factor/factors' intensity and its favorability for species or populations …