Nitrite is one of the players in the broad nitrogen biogeochemical cycle. This nitrogen oxo-
anion is involved in key pathways crucial to life on Earth and to the planetary “recycling” of …

Under natural conditions, plants are frequently exposed to transient or permanent soil
waterlogging. Flooding drastically influences the soil physico-chemical properties, most …

Although the compound pollution of microplastics and arsenic (As) in paddy soil can affect
the growth and quality of rice, relevant research on this phenomenon was limited. Therefore …

Plant mitochondria differ from their mammalian counterparts in many respects, which are
due to the unique and variable surroundings of plant mitochondria. In green leaves, plant …

Oxygen deprivation, in line with other stress conditions, is accompanied by reactive oxygen
(ROS) and nitrogen species (RNS) formation and is characterised by a set of metabolic …

Germination ability is regulated by a combination of environmental and endogenous signals
with both synergistic and antagonistic effects. Nitric oxide (NO) is a potent dormancy …

The availability of genomic information from the three kingdoms of life has altered
substantially our view of the globin superfamily. It is now evident that Hbs, 2 defined as …

About 40% of the proteins encoded in eukaryotic genomes are proteins of unknown function
(PUFs). Their functional characterization remains one of the main challenges in modern …

Plant hemoglobins constitute a diverse group of hemeproteins and evolutionarily belong to
three different classes. Class 1 hemoglobins possess an extremely high affinity to oxygen …

The growth and development of maize roots are closely related to drought tolerance. In
order to clarify the molecular mechanisms of drought tolerance between different maize (Zea …