Microwave Radiation as an Inducer of Secondary Metabolite Production in In Vitro Plantlets.

In this study, low-intensity microwave irradiation (frequency of 2.45 GHz; 26.3 kW m power density) for 0, 5, and 30 s was tested for the first time on in vitro plantlets to explore its effect on the production of highly valued phenolic compounds.

Subtle changes in light intensity affect in vitro responses but not ex vitro performance of .

Environmental conditions during the in vitro stages of a micropropagation process can further affect the ex vitro plant performance. In this work, the behaviour of four blue cultivars of statice () was studied with respect to four distances (18.0, 12.

Seasonal ionomic and metabolic changes in Aleppo pines growing on mine tailings under Mediterranean semi-arid climate.

Aleppo pine is the most abundant conifer species in Mediterranean basin. Knowledge of adaptive mechanisms to cope with different environmental stresses simultaneously is necessary to improve its resilience to the predicted climatic changes and anthropogenic stressors, such as heavy metal/metal(loid)s (HMMs) pollution. Here, one year-old needles and rhizosphere soil samples from five mining and non-mining (NM) populations of Aleppo pines grown spontaneously in SE Spain were sampled in two consecutive years during spring and summer.

Different mechanisms of the metalliferous Zygophyllum fabago shoots and roots to cope with Pb toxicity.

Lead (Pb) remains classified as a priority pollutant. Zygophyllum fabago is considered an early colonizer of heavy metal-polluted soils under semiarid conditions, but physiological mechanisms underlying this colonizing capacity remain unclear. In order to characterize Z.