Photosynthesis plays a key role in the carbon cycle, being the primary mechanism through which carbon dioxide (CO2) is converted into organic compounds by plants, algae, and certain bacteria. On average, terrestrial ecosystems uptake around one-third of anthropogenic CO2 emissions and participate to the mitigation of climate change. Temperature, so...
Published in Journal of the science of food and agriculture
Poly-γ-glutamic acid (γ-PGA) is employed extensively in agriculture to enhance soil water retention; however, the underlying mechanism by which γ-PGA improves soil structure and soybean productivity in arid regions remains poorly understood. A micro-scale field experiment was conducted in the arid region of northwest China, employing five concentra...
Published in Frontiers in Plant Science
Introduction Equipped with a photosynthetic apparatus that uses the energy of solar radiation to fuel biosynthesis of organic compounds, chloroplasts are the metabolic factories of mature leaf cells. The first steps of energy conversion are catalyzed by a collection of protein complexes, which can dynamically interact with each other for optimizing...
Published in Frontiers in Plant Science
Ribosome-inactivating proteins (RIPs) are plant enzymes that target the rRNA. The cytoplasmic RIP, called OsRIP1, plays a crucial role in regulating jasmonate, a key plant hormone. Understanding the role of OsRIP1 can provide insights into enhancing stress tolerance and optimizing growth of rice. Transcription profiling by mRNA sequencing was emplo...
Published in Frontiers in Plant Science
Published in Frontiers in Chemistry
Background Typically, organic dyes show lower excited state lifetimes, a key hindrance in the development of efficient photoredox processes. Due to their distinctive qualities and efficiency, a particular class of organic chromophores has drawn considerable interest from the scientific community. Thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF), is ...
Published in Frontiers in Photobiology
Introduction: Polar microalgae are exposed to dramatic seasonal changes in light availability, from continuous summer days to winter nights with rapid changes of the daylength in spring and fall. Under this challenging light climate, large diatoms spring blooms occur at the bottom sea-ice and underneath the icepack, accounting for a significant pro...
Published in Frontiers in Plant Science
Chromium (Cr) toxicity hampers ornamental crops’ growth and post-harvest quality, especially in cut flower plants. Nano-enabled approaches have been developing with phenomenal potential towards improving floricultural crop production under heavy metal-stressed conditions. The current pot experiment aims to explore the ameliorative impact of silicon...
Published in Plant, cell & environment
Photosynthesis is the foundation of life on Earth. However, if not well regulated, it can also generate excessive reactive oxygen species (ROS), which can cause photodamage. Regulation of photosynthesis is highly dynamic, responding to both environmental and metabolic cues, and occurs at many levels, from light capture to energy storage and metabol...
Published in Frontiers in Plant Science
Introduction Salt stress is a major abiotic stress that affects crop growth and productivity. Choline Chloride (CC) has been shown to enhance salt tolerance in various crops, but the underlying molecular mechanisms in rice remain unclear. Methods To investigate the regulatory mechanism of CC-mediated salt tolerance in rice, we conducted morpho-phys...
