1. Effects of high temperature on the chlorophyll a fluorescence of Alhagi sparsifolia at the southern Taklamakan Desert

   • Lei Li
   • Xiang-Yi Li
   • Fan-Jiang Zeng

   Original Paper 01 November 2013 Pages: 243 - 249

   

2. Brassinosteroids protect photosynthesis and antioxidant system of eggplant seedlings from high-temperature stress

   • Xuexia Wu
   • Xinfeng Yao
   • Dingshi Zha

   Original Paper 01 November 2013 Pages: 251 - 261

   

3. Effect of foliar spray of zinc on chloroplast β-carbonic anhydrase expression and enzyme activity in rice (Oryza sativa L.) leaves

   • Xing Qiao
   • Ying He
   • Hanlai Zeng

   Original Paper 22 October 2013 Pages: 263 - 272

   

4. OsCPK20 positively regulates Arabidopsis resistance against Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato and rice resistance against Magnaporthe grisea

   • Liwen Fu
   • Xiangchun Yu
   • Chengcai An

   Original Paper 01 November 2013 Pages: 273 - 282

   

5. Biofortification with potassium: antioxidant responses during postharvest of cherry tomato fruits in cold storage

   • C. Constán-Aguilar
   • R. Leyva
   • J. M. Ruiz

   Original Paper 22 October 2013 Pages: 283 - 293

   

6. Function of the photosynthetic apparatus of oilseed winter rape under elicitation by Phoma lingam phytotoxins in relation to carotenoid and phenolic levels

   • Katarzyna Hura
   • Tomasz Hura
   • Maciej Grzesiak

   Original Paper Open access 22 October 2013 Pages: 295 - 305

   

7. Antioxidant response of Cassia angustifolia Vahl. to oxidative stress caused by Mancozeb, a pyrethroid fungicide

   • Uzma Majid
   • Mahmooduzzafar
   • Muhammad Iqbal

   Original Paper 23 October 2013 Pages: 307 - 314

   

8. MAIGO2 is involved in gibberellic acid, sugar, and heat shock responses during germination and seedling development in Arabidopsis

   • Pengshan Zhao
   • Jin Lu

   Original Paper 19 October 2013 Pages: 315 - 321

   

9. Ultrastructure and functional activity of chloroplasts in wheat leaves under root chilling

   • Yu. V. Venzhik
   • A. F. Titov
   • E. A. Miroslavov

   Original Paper 19 October 2013 Pages: 323 - 330

   

10. Genotoxic effects due to in vitro culture and H₂O₂ treatments in Petunia × hybrida cells monitored through DNA diffusion assay, FPG-SCGE and gene expression profile analyses

    • L. Ventura
    • A. Macovei
    • A. Balestrazzi

    Original Paper 20 October 2013 Pages: 331 - 341

    

11. Application of benzothiadiazole and Trichoderma harzianum to control faba bean chocolate spot disease and their effect on some physiological and biochemical traits

    • Saieda S. Abd El-Rahman
    • Heba I. Mohamed

    Original Paper 06 November 2013 Pages: 343 - 354

    

12. Proteomic analysis of plumules and coleoptiles in maize between hybrids and their corresponding inbred lines

    • Xining Jin
    • Zhiyuan Fu
    • Jihua Tang

    Original Paper 30 October 2013 Pages: 355 - 370

    

13. Photosynthetic gas exchange in leaves of wheat plants supplied with silicon and infected with Pyricularia oryzae

    • Jonas Alberto Rios
    • Fabrício de Ávila Rodrigues
    • Leandro Castro Silva

    Original Paper 21 November 2013 Pages: 371 - 379

    

14. Photosynthetic performance and growth traits in Pennisetum centrasiaticum exposed to drought and rewatering under different soil nutrient regimes

    • Yayong Luo
    • Xueyong Zhao
    • Min Chen

    Original Paper Open access 09 November 2013 Pages: 381 - 388

    

15. Photoheterotrophic growth unprecedentedly increases the biosynthesis of mycosporine-like amino acid shinorine in the cyanobacterium Anabaena sp., isolated from hot springs of Rajgir (India)

    • Shailendra P. Singh
    • Sun-yong Ha
    • Donat-P. Häder

    Original Paper 30 October 2013 Pages: 389 - 397

    

16. The effect of EDTA and EDDS on lead uptake and localization in hydroponically grown Pisum sativum L.

    • Sława Glińska
    • Sylwia Michlewska
    • Rafał Bartosiewicz

    Original Paper Open access 23 October 2013 Pages: 399 - 408

    

17. Ecophysiology of the estuarine cyanobacterium Lyngbya aestuarii to varying salinity in vitro

    • Jnanendra Rath
    • Sikha Mandal
    • Siba P. Adhikary

    Original Paper 06 November 2013 Pages: 409 - 419

    

18. Histological and transcriptional characterization of a novel recessive genic male sterility mutant in sesame (Sesamum indicum L.)

    • Kun Wu
    • Hongyan Liu
    • Yingzhong Zhao

    Original Paper 30 October 2013 Pages: 421 - 431

    

19. Effect of salinity on plant growth and biological activities of Carthamus tinctorius L. extracts at two flowering stages

    • Nidhal Salem
    • Kamel Msaada
    • Brahim Marzouk

    Original Paper 05 November 2013 Pages: 433 - 445

    

20. Photosynthesis, antioxidant activities and transcriptional responses in two sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum L.) cultivars under salt stress

    • Camila D. Medeiros
    • José R. C. Ferreira Neto
    • Mauro G. Santos

    Original Paper 30 October 2013 Pages: 447 - 459

    

21. Growth, morphology and photosynthetic responses of Neochloris oleoabundans during cultivation in a mixotrophic brackish medium and subsequent starvation

    • Costanza Baldisserotto
    • Martina Giovanardi
    • Simonetta Pancaldi

    Original Paper 30 October 2013 Pages: 461 - 472

    

22. Augmenting drought tolerance in sorghum by silicon nutrition

    • Mukhtar Ahmed
    • Muhammad Asif
    • Fayyaz-ul Hassan

    Original Paper 02 November 2013 Pages: 473 - 483

    

23. Physiological tests for early detection of rigid ryegrass (Lolium rigidum Goud.) resistance to fenoxaprop-P

    • Diana Saja
    • Magdalena Rys
    • Andrzej Skoczowski

    Original Paper Open access 30 October 2013 Pages: 485 - 491

    

24. Silicon nutrition potentiates the antioxidant metabolism of rice plants under iron toxicity

    • Zahra Kiani Chalmardi
    • Ahmad Abdolzadeh
    • Hamid Reza Sadeghipour

    Original Paper 09 November 2013 Pages: 493 - 502

    

25. Gene expression and DNA methylation alterations in chemically induced male sterility anthers in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)

    • Qingsong Ba
    • Gaisheng Zhang
    • Junwei Wang

    Original Paper 07 November 2013 Pages: 503 - 512

    

26. Genome-wide analysis of HSF family transcription factors and their responses to abiotic stresses in two Chinese cabbage varieties

    • Jing Ma
    • Zhi-Sheng Xu
    • Ai-Sheng Xiong

    Original Paper 07 November 2013 Pages: 513 - 523

    

27. A kidney bean trypsin inhibitor with an insecticidal potential against Helicoverpa armigera and Spodoptera litura

    • Anuradha Mittal
    • Rekha Kansal
    • Vijay Kumar Gupta

    Original Paper 15 November 2013 Pages: 525 - 539

    

28. A WRKY transcription factor from Malus domestica negatively regulates dehydration stress in transgenic Arabidopsis

    • Guo-feng Duan
    • Li-juan Li
    • Qun-long Liu

    Original Paper 07 December 2013 Pages: 541 - 548

    

29. Isolation from Proteus mirabilis of a novel class I 5-enopyruvylshikimate-3-phosphate synthase with glyphosate tolerance in transgenic Arabidopsis thaliana

    • Yong-Sheng Tian
    • Xiao-Fen Jin
    • Quan-Hong Yao

    Short Communication 07 November 2013 Pages: 549 - 554

    

30. Genetic stability in micropropagated Cleome gynandra revealed by SCoT analysis

    • Nitika Singh Rathore
    • Manoj K. Rai
    • N. S. Shekhawat

    Short Communication 01 November 2013 Pages: 555 - 559