Plants respond to cold stress by modulating biochemical pathways and array of molecular events. Plant morphology is also affected by the onset of cold conditions culminating at repression in growth as well as yield reduction. As a preventive measure, cascades of complex signal transduction pathways are employed that permit plants to endure freezing or chilling periods. The signaling pathways an...

PREMISE OF THE STUDY Shifts in ploidy affect the evolutionary dynamics of genomes in a myriad of ways. Population genetic theory predicts that transposable element (TE) proliferation may follow because the genomewide efficacy of selection should be reduced and the increase in gene copies may mask the deleterious effects of TE insertions. Moreover, in allopolyploids, TEs may further accumulate b...

A new cation exchangers (CAXs) gene was cloned and characterized from Capsella bursa-pastoris by rapid amplification of cDNA ends (RACE). The full-length cDNA sequence of cax from C. bursa-pastoris (designated as Cbcax51) was 1754 bp containing a 1398 bp open reading frame encoding a polypeptide of 466 amino-acid residues with a calculated molecular mass of 50.5 kDa and an isoelectric point of ...

The inhibition effect of Capsella bursa-pastoris extracts (CBE) and its synergistic effect with KI (CBEK) for Q235 mild steel in 1 M HCl solution were studied by electrochemical measurements. Both CBE and CBEK can serve as eco-friendly, mixed-type inhibitors, and the inhibition efficiency increases with the concentration and temperature. The synergistic parameter (SI) indicates a cooperative me...

Alessandro Cresti , Giuseppe Grosso (2) and Giuseppe Pastori Parravicini (3) (1) NEST-INFM, Scuola Normale Superiore, Piazza dei Cavalieri 7, I-56126 Pisa, Italy, and Dipartimento di Fisica E. Fermi, Largo B. Pontecorvo 3, I-56127 Pisa, Italy [email protected] (2) NEST-INFM and Dipartimento di Fisica E. Fermi, Largo B. Pontecorvo 3, I-56127 Pisa, Italy (3) NEST-INFM and Dipartimento di Fisica ...