Halophytes are defined as plants that are adapted to live in soils containing high
concentrations of salt and benefiting from it, and thus represent an ideal model to …

A wide variety of the roots and tubers plays a major role in human diet, animal feed, and
industrial raw materials. Sweet potatoes (SPs) play an immense role in human diet and …

Plant carotenoids are a family of pigments that participate in light harvesting and are
essential for photoprotection against excess light. Furthermore, they act as precursors for the …

Introduction to Plant Physiology Page 1 Introduction to Plant Physiology Fourth Edition William
G. Hopkins and Norman P. A. Hiiner The University of Western Ontario WILEY John Wiley & …

Isoprenoid quinones are one of the most important groups of compounds occurring in
membranes of living organisms. These compounds are composed of a hydrophilic head …

The general scheme of carotenoid biosynthesis has been known for more than three
decades. However, molecular description of the pathway in plants began only in the 1990s …

In this review we focus on photosynthetic behavior of overwintering evergreens with an
emphasis on both the acclimative responses of photosynthesis to cold and the winter …

Carotenoids are essential pigments to plants and important natural products to humans.
Carotenoids as both primary and specialized metabolites fulfill multifaceted functions in …

Plants in natural environments must cope with diverse, highly dynamic, and unpredictable
conditions. They have mechanisms to enhance the capture of light energy when light …

Carotenoid biosynthesis and its regulation during tomato fruit development and ripening is a
complex process that occurs alongside the differentiation of chloroplasts into chromoplasts …