Plant carotenoids: recent advances and future perspectives

T Sun, S Rao, X Zhou, L Li - Molecular Horticulture, 2022 - Springer
Carotenoids are isoprenoid metabolites synthesized de novo in all photosynthetic
organisms. Carotenoids are essential for plants with diverse functions in photosynthesis …

Exogenous application of selenium on sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) to enhance drought stress tolerance by morpho-physiological and biochemical adaptations

M Ameen, MA Zia, HF Najeeb Alawadi… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Drought stress poses a significant obstacle to agricultural productivity, particularly in the
case of oilseed crops such as sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.). Selenium (Se) is a …

[HTML][HTML] Carotenoids and their derivatives: A “Swiss Army knife-like” multifunctional tool for fine-tuning plant-environment interactions

MT Gómez-Sagasti, M López-Pozo, U Artetxe… - Environmental and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Plants have to cope with different biotic and abiotic stresses, such as the attacks of
pathogens and herbivores, high irradiance, droughts, salt stress or nutrient deficiencies …

Overexpression of the Golden SNP-Carrying Orange Gene Enhances Carotenoid Accumulation and Heat Stress Tolerance in Sweetpotato Plants

SE Kim, CJ Lee, SU Park, YH Lim, WS Park, HJ Kim… - Antioxidants, 2021 - mdpi.com
Carotenoids function as photosynthetic accessory pigments, antioxidants, and vitamin A
precursors. We recently showed that transgenic sweetpotato calli overexpressing the mutant …

Nutrient Supplementation Configures the Bioactive Profile and Production Characteristics of Three Brassica L. Microgreens Species Grown in Peat-Based Media

C El-Nakhel, A Pannico, G Graziani, MC Kyriacou… - Agronomy, 2021 - mdpi.com
Brassica L. microgreens are a fresh microscale vegetable crop of high antioxidant value and
naturally dense in nutrients without the intervention of biofortification or genetic engineering …

Balancing Yield and Antioxidant Capacity in Basil Microgreens: An Exploration of Nutrient Solution Concentrations in a Floating System

MR Fayezizadeh, NA Ansari, MM Sourestani… - Agriculture, 2023 - mdpi.com
The appropriate concentration of the nutrient solution (NS) plays an important role in the
yield, antioxidant capacity, and biochemical compounds of basil microgreens in the floating …

The Adaptive Role of Carotenoids and Anthocyanins in Solanum lycopersicum Pigment Mutants under High Irradiance

A Ashikhmin, M Bolshakov, P Pashkovskiy… - Cells, 2023 - mdpi.com
The effects of high-intensity light on the pigment content, photosynthetic rate, and
fluorescence parameters of photosystem II in high-pigment tomato mutants (hp 3005) and …

Antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and anti-obesity potential of extracts containing phenols, chlorophyll and carotenoids from Mexican wild populations of Bacopa monnieri …

M Martínez-García, G Garduño-Solórzano, G Lopes… - Biology, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Using molecular markers, we confirmed the taxonomic status of Bacopa
monnieri from Mexico. We obtained the pigment and carotenoid profiles, total phenols …

A Frameshift Mutation in the Mg-Chelatase I Subunit Gene OsCHLI Is Associated with a Lethal Chlorophyll-Deficient, Yellow Seedling Phenotype in Rice

KC Shim, Y Kang, JH Song, YJ Kim, JK Kim, C Kim… - Plants, 2023 - mdpi.com
Chlorophyll biosynthesis is a crucial biological process in plants, and chlorophyll content is
one of the most important traits in rice breeding programs. In this study, we identified a lethal …

[HTML][HTML] Does deacclimation reverse the changes in structural/physicochemical properties of the chloroplast membranes that are induced by cold acclimation in …

M Rys, J Stachurska, E Rudolphi-Szydło… - Plant Physiology and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Winter crops acquire frost tolerance during the process of cold acclimation when plants are
exposed to low but non-freezing temperatures that is connected to specific metabolic …