Vestigial Plastids in Parasitic Plants: Evolutionary Remnants or Adaptive Innovations?
Plant, Cell &Environment, Volume 49, Issue 8, Page 5401-5420, August 2026.ABSTRACT Throughout the evolutionary history of plants, chloroplasts originating from a cyanobacterial endosymbiosis have undergone remarkable adaptation and specialization, giving rise to a multitude of plastid types. The evolution toward parasitism in plants represents a particularly extreme case of such specialization.
Laia Jené, Sergi Munné‐Bosch
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Plant, Cell &Environment, Volume 49, Issue 8, Page 6169-6187, August 2026.ABSTRACT Improving photosynthesis is proposed as a means of enhancing crop productivity. To assess whether simultaneous increases in light use‐efficiency and carbon assimilation are additive, we investigated the impact of elevated CO2 on the performance of a transgenic soybean line engineered for faster relaxation of photoprotection by overexpression ...
Dilkaran Singh +6 more
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ChemPhysChem, Volume 27, Issue 13, 14 July 2026.µm fourier transform infrared (FTIR) image, 442 nm Raman of the Si–O of the silica‐based frustule at 472 cm−1, and UV–vis of Phaeodactylum tricornutum cells. Marine diatoms are responsible for fixing CO2 into organic carbon and contribute to the regulation of global climate.
Constantinos Varotsis +10 more
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Feeding Value of Low and High Protein Dried Distillers Grains and Corn Gluten Meal for Layer
Media Peternakan, 2011 A feeding trial has been conducted to compare feeding value of low and high protein dried distillers grains with solubles (DDGS), and corn gluten meal (CGM) to brown layer in the tropics.
B. Tangendjaja, E. Wina
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Xanthophyll cycling in Phaeocystis globosa and Thalassiosira sp.: a possible mechanism for species succession [PDF]
, 2000 The ability of phytoplankton species to initiate photo-protective mechanisms and the rates by which they do so have been suggested to be partly responsible for species succession.
Meyer, A.A., Daro, N., Tackx, M.
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Enhanced photoprotection by protein-bound vs free xanthophyll pools: a comparative analysis of chlorophyll b and xanthophyll biosynthesis mutants [PDF]
, 2010 When light absorbed by plants exceeds the capacity of photosynthesis, the xanthophyll violaxanthin is reversibly de-epoxidized to zeaxanthin in the so-called xanthophyll cycle.
Havaux M. +3 more
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Modulation of the xanthophyll cycle improves biomass productivity and light tolerance of the microalga Nannochloropsis oceanica [PDF]
Microalgae in photobioreactors encounter highly diverse light conditions along the culture depth because of cellular self-shading. Culture mixing also causes individual cells to rapidly shift from darkness to strong illumination, causing oversaturation ...
Perin G. +6 more
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Xanthophyll Biosynthesis [PDF]
Journal of Biological Chemistry, 1996 Florence Bouvier +5 more
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Interactive effects of nitrogen and irradiance on sustained xanthophyll cycle engagement in Eucalyptus nitens leaves during winter [PDF]
, 2003 Eucalyptus nitens is a species that is adapted to low temperature. This study examines xanthophyll-cycle engagement in E. nitens seedlings exposed to cold-induced photoinhibitory conditions under different levels of irradiance and nutrient status ...
Mark Hovenden (14739553) +2 more
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Scientific ReportsLipase inhibition is one of the directions to control obesity. In vitro assays have confirmed the inhibitory effect of selected xanthophylls, including astaxanthin, fucoxanthinol, fucoxanthin, and neoxanthin.
Grzegorz Dąbrowski +5 more
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