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Susanna Pollastri

Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche - Istituto per la Protezione Sostenibile delle Piante
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Flavonoids as antioxidants in plants: location and functional significance

G Agati, E Azzarello, S Pollastri, M Tattini - Plant science, 2012 - Elsevier
Stress-responsive dihydroxy B-ring-substituted flavonoids have great potential to inhibit the
generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and reduce the levels of ROS once they are …

Functional roles of flavonoids in photoprotection: new evidence, lessons from the past

…, M Di Ferdinando, F Ferrini, S Pollastri… - Plant Physiology and …, 2013 - Elsevier
We discuss on the relative significance of different functional roles potentially served by
flavonoids in photoprotection, with special emphasis to their ability to scavenge reactive oxygen …

[HTML][HTML] Flavonoids as antioxidants and developmental regulators: relative significance in plants and humans

C Brunetti, M Di Ferdinando, A Fini, S Pollastri… - International journal of …, 2013 - mdpi.com
Phenylpropanoids, particularly flavonoids have been recently suggested as playing primary
antioxidant functions in the responses of plants to a wide range of abiotic stresses. …

Flavonols: old compounds for old roles

S Pollastri, M Tattini - Annals of botany, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Background New roles for flavonoids, as developmental regulators and/or signalling
molecules, have recently been proposed in eukaryotic cells exposed to a wide range of …

Drought stress has contrasting effects on antioxidant enzymes activity and phenylpropanoid biosynthesis in Fraxinus ornus leaves: an excess light stress affair?

…, M Di Ferdinando, S Biricolti, S Pollastri… - Journal of Plant …, 2012 - Elsevier
The experiment was conducted using Fraxinus ornus plants grown outside under full sunlight
irradiance, and supplied with 100% (well-watered, WW), 40% (mild drought, MD), or 20% (…

Isoprene improves photochemical efficiency and enhances heat dissipation in plants at physiological temperatures

S Pollastri, T Tsonev, F Loreto - Journal of experimental botany, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Isoprene-emitting plants are better protected against thermal and oxidative stresses. Isoprene
may strengthen membranes avoiding their denaturation and may quench reactive oxygen …

Root colonization by Pseudomonas chlororaphis primes tomato (Lycopersicum esculentum) plants for enhanced tolerance to water stress

F Brilli, S Pollastri, A Raio, R Baraldi, L Neri… - Journal of plant …, 2019 - Elsevier
Previous research demonstrated that Pseudomonas chlororaphis subsp. aureofaciens
strain M71, a plant growth promoting bacterium (PGPB), exerts beneficial effects on plant …

Volatile organic compounds in the interaction between plants and beneficial microorganisms

A Russo, S Pollastri, M Ruocco, MM Monti… - Journal of Plant …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
A growing population coupled with a higher demand for food is putting pressure on agriculture.
The use of synthetic pesticides and chemical fertilizers allowed us to boost agricultural …

Impact of two arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on Arundo donax L. response to salt stress

S Pollastri, A Savvides, M Pesando, E Lumini… - Planta, 2018 - Springer
Main conclusion AM symbiosis did not strongly affect Arundo donax performances under salt
stress, although differences in the plants inoculated with two different fungi were recorded. …

Volatile isoprenoids and their importance for protection against environmental constraints in the Mediterranean area

F Loreto, S Pollastri, S Fineschi, V Velikova - … and experimental botany, 2014 - Elsevier
Among plant secondary metabolites, volatile isoprenoids have received increasing attention
because they are involved in a range of physiological and ecological interactions, often …