M. Mercedes Lucas

TL;DR: This work proposes models by which ROS and antioxidants interact with hormones such as abscisic acid in the orchestration of nodule senescence and suggests that this interaction does not necessarily lead to enhanced ROS or oxidative stress.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors characterized Arabidopsis mutants defective for the synthesis of the soluble starch synthase IV (SSIV) type of elongation enzyme and found that the number of granules per plastid has dramatically decreased leading to a large increase in their size, suggesting a specific function of this enzyme class in the control of granule numbers.

TL;DR: It is shown that SSIV is necessary and sufficient to establish the correct number of starch granules observed in wild-type chloroplasts and that other starch synthases cannot support starch synthesis despite remaining enzymatically active.

TL;DR: Different aspects of the food supply chain that should be considered for lupin exploitation as a high-value protein source are addressed and can be established as an alternative protein crop capable of promoting socio-economic growth and environmental benefits in Europe.

TL;DR: This is the first time that transgenic legumes have been produced that display nitrogen-fixing activity with enhanced tolerance to osmotic stress, and the results indicate that proline metabolism is finely regulated in response to oSMotic stress in an organ-specific manner.