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Modulation of Phytohormone Signaling: A Primary Function of Flavonoids in Plant-Environment Interactions by Brunetti, Cecilia, Fini, Alessio, Sebastiani, Federico, Gori, Antonella, Tattini, Massimiliano

“…The old observation that plants preferentially synthesize flavonoids with respect to the wide range of phenylpropanoid structures when exposed to high doses of…”
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Functional roles of flavonoids in photoprotection: New evidence, lessons from the past by Agati, Giovanni, Brunetti, Cecilia, Di Ferdinando, Martina, Ferrini, Francesco, Pollastri, Susanna, Tattini, Massimiliano

“…We discuss on the relative significance of different functional roles potentially served by flavonoids in photoprotection, with special emphasis to their…”
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Flavonoids as antioxidants and developmental regulators: relative significance in plants and humans by Brunetti, Cecilia, Di Ferdinando, Martina, Fini, Alessio, Pollastri, Susanna, Tattini, Massimiliano

“…Phenylpropanoids, particularly flavonoids have been recently suggested as playing primary antioxidant functions in the responses of plants to a wide range of…”
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Isoprenoids and phenylpropanoids are part of the antioxidant defense orchestrated daily by drought-stressed Platanus × acerifolia plants during Mediterranean summers by Tattini, Massimiliano, Loreto, Francesco, Fini, Alessio, Guidi, Lucia, Brunetti, Cecilia, Velikova, Violeta, Gori, Antonella, Ferrini, Francesco

“…The hypothesis was tested that isoprenoids and phenylpropanoids play a prominent role in countering photooxidative stress, following the depletion of…”
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Editorial: Biogenic volatiles in natural and urban forest by Brunetti, Cecilia, Moura, Barbara Baesso, Velikova, Violeta

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Stress-induced flavonoid biosynthesis and the antioxidant machinery of plants by Fini, Alessio, Brunetti, Cecilia, Di Ferdinando, Martina, Ferrini, Francesco, Tattini, Massimiliano

“…There is a growing body of evidence that flavonoids do not primarily function as UV-B screening pigments in photoprotection. Recent findings support the idea…”
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Photosynthetic Traits and Nitrogen Uptake in Crops: Which Is the Role of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi? by Balestrini, Raffaella, Brunetti, Cecilia, Chitarra, Walter, Nerva, Luca

“…Arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi are root symbionts that provide mineral nutrients to the host plant in exchange for carbon compounds. AM fungi positively…”
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Drought response of Mucuna pruriens (L.) DC. inoculated with ACC deaminase and IAA producing rhizobacteria by Saleem, Aansa Rukya, Brunetti, Cecilia, Khalid, Azeem, Della Rocca, Gianni, Raio, Aida, Emiliani, Giovanni, De Carlo, Anna, Mahmood, Tariq, Centritto, Mauro

“…Drought is one of the major constraints limiting agricultural production worldwide and is expected to increase in the future. Limited water availability causes…”
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Seasonal and Diurnal Variation in Leaf Phenolics of Three Medicinal Mediterranean Wild Species: What Is the Best Harvesting Moment to Obtain the Richest and the Most Antioxidant Extracts? by Gori, Antonella, Nascimento, Luana Beatriz, Ferrini, Francesco, Centritto, Mauro, Brunetti, Cecilia

“…Mediterranean plants biosynthesize high amounts of polyphenols, which are important health-promoting compounds. Leaf polyphenolic composition changes according…”
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Mesophyll conductance plays a central role in leaf functioning of Oleaceae species exposed to contrasting sunlight irradiance by Fini, Alessio, Loreto, Francesco, Tattini, Massimiliano, Giordano, Cristiana, Ferrini, Francesco, Brunetti, Cecilia, Centritto, Mauro

“…The ability to modify mesophyll conductance (gm) in response to changes in irradiance may be a component of the acclimation of plants to shade‐sun transitions,…”
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Retrieving the in vivo Scopoletin Fluorescence Excitation Band Allows the Non-invasive Investigation of the Plant-Pathogen Early Events in Tobacco Leaves by Agati, Giovanni, Brunetti, Cecilia, Tuccio, Lorenza, Degano, Ilaria, Tegli, Stefania

“…In this study, we developed and applied a new spectroscopic fluorescence method for the detection of the early events in the interaction between tobacco ( L.)…”
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Abscisic Acid Biosynthesis and Signaling in Plants: Key Targets to Improve Water Use Efficiency and Drought Tolerance by Cardoso, Amanda A., Gori, Antonella, Da-Silva, Cristiane J., Brunetti, Cecilia

“…The observation of a much-improved fitness of wild-type plants over abscisic acid (ABA)-deficient mutants during drought has led researchers from all over to…”
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The Impact of Heat Stress and Water Deficit on the Photosynthetic and Stomatal Physiology of Olive ( Olea europaea L.)-A Case Study of the 2017 Heat Wave by Haworth, Matthew, Marino, Giovanni, Brunetti, Cecilia, Killi, Dilek, De Carlo, Anna, Centritto, Mauro

“…Heat waves are predicted to increase in frequency and duration in many regions as global temperatures rise. These transient increases in temperature above…”
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RNA-seq analysis of Quercus pubescens Leaves: de novo transcriptome assembly, annotation and functional markers development by Torre, Sara, Tattini, Massimiliano, Brunetti, Cecilia, Fineschi, Silvia, Fini, Alessio, Ferrini, Francesco, Sebastiani, Federico

“…Quercus pubescens Willd., a species distributed from Spain to southwest Asia, ranks high for drought tolerance among European oaks. Q. pubescens performs a…”
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Isoprene Responses and Functions in Plants Challenged by Environmental Pressures Associated to Climate Change by Fini, Alessio, Brunetti, Cecilia, Loreto, Francesco, Centritto, Mauro, Ferrini, Francesco, Tattini, Massimiliano

“…The functional reasons for isoprene emission are still a matter of hot debate. It was hypothesized that isoprene biosynthesis evolved as an ancestral mechanism…”
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Dissecting the role of isoprene and stress-related hormones (ABA and ethylene) in Populus nigra exposed to unequal root zone water stress by Marino, Giovanni, Brunetti, Cecilia, Tattini, Massimiliano, Romano, Andrea, Biasioli, Franco, Tognetti, Roberto, Loreto, Francesco, Ferrini, Francesco, Centritto, Mauro

“…Isoprene is synthesized through the 2-C-methylerythritol-5-phosphate (MEP) pathway that also produces abscisic acid (ABA). Increases in foliar free ABA…”
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Strategies to Modulate Specialized Metabolism in Mediterranean Crops: From Molecular Aspects to Field by Balestrini, Raffaella, Brunetti, Cecilia, Cammareri, Maria, Caretto, Sofia, Cavallaro, Valeria, Cominelli, Eleonora, De Palma, Monica, Docimo, Teresa, Giovinazzo, Giovanna, Grandillo, Silvana, Locatelli, Franca, Lumini, Erica, Paolo, Dario, Patanè, Cristina, Sparvoli, Francesca, Tucci, Marina, Zampieri, Elisa

“…Plant specialized metabolites (SMs) play an important role in the interaction with the environment and are part of the plant defense response. These natural…”
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UV radiation promotes flavonoid biosynthesis, while negatively affecting the biosynthesis and the de-epoxidation of xanthophylls: Consequence for photoprotection? by Guidi, Lucia, Brunetti, Cecilia, Fini, Alessio, Agati, Giovanni, Ferrini, Francesco, Gori, Antonella, Tattini, Massimiliano

“…•UV radiation has opposite effects on the biosynthesis of flavonoids and carotenoids.•UV radiation decreases the capacity of thermal dissipation of excess…”
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Photosynthetic limitations and volatile and non‐volatile isoprenoids in the poikilochlorophyllous resurrection plant Xerophyta humilis during dehydration and rehydration by BECKETT, MEGAN, LORETO, FRANCESCO, VELIKOVA, VIOLETA, BRUNETTI, CECILIA, DI FERDINANDO, MARTINA, TATTINI, MASSIMILIANO, CALFAPIETRA, CARLO, FARRANT, JILL M

“…We investigated the photosynthetic limitations occurring during dehydration and rehydration of Xerophyta humilis, a poikilochlorophyllous resurrection plant,…”
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Grape Ripening Is Regulated by Deficit Irrigation/Elevated Temperatures According to Cluster Position in the Canopy by Zarrouk, Olfa, Brunetti, Cecilia, Egipto, Ricardo, Pinheiro, Carla, Genebra, Tânia, Gori, Antonella, Lopes, Carlos M, Tattini, Massimiliano, Chaves, M Manuela

“…The impact of water deficit on berry quality has been extensively investigated during the last decades. Nonetheless, there is a scarcity of knowledge on the…”
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