A mutation in the essential and widely conserved DAMAGED DNA BINDING1-Cullin4 ASSOCIATED FACTOR gene OZS3 causes hypersensitivity to zinc excess, cold and UV stress in Arabidopsis thaliana.

The overly zinc sensitive Arabidopsis thaliana mutant ozs3 shows reduced growth of the primary root, which is exacerbated by an excess specifically of Zn ions. In addition, ozs3 plants display various subtle developmental phenotypes, such as longer petioles and early flowering. Also, ozs3 seedlings are completely but reversibly growth-arrested when shifted to 4°C.

Ontogenetic changes of 2-propenyl and 3-indolylmethyl glucosinolates in Brassica carinata leaves as affected by water supply.

Concentrations of 2-propenyl and 3-indolylmethyl glucosinolates in two lines of Brassica carinata (Holeta-1 and 37-A) were assessed during the vegetative life cycle under optimal or drought-inducing water supply conditions. In the well-watered treatment, 2-propenyl and 3-indolylmethyl glucosinolate concentrations remained almost constant from the 6-8 to the 15-16 leaf stage, whereas a drought-induced water supply led to a distinct increase of these glucosinolates. Generally, the 2-propenyl concentration was higher in Holeta-1 at each leaf stage under drought stress as compared with 37-A, indicating a B.