Department of Plant Physiology and Metabolomics
DEPARTMENT OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND METABOLOMICS
The main research profile of the Department of Plant Physiology and Metabolomics involves the study of the major stress factors to which plants are exposed, the defence processes that provide protection from these, and the elaboration of possible methods for their use in protecting cereals.
It is rare in Hungary to experience a year when the extreme continental climate causes no harmful environmental factors likely to have severe economic consequences. Predictions based on studies of the effects of global climate change suggest that the frequency of extreme weather events is likely to increase in this region in the future. It is in the interests of both plant breeders and growers to work with plants that tolerate environmental changes with as little damage as possible. If such plants are to be developed it is essential to obtain knowledge on the defence and regulation processes of plants. Much of the research underway in the Departmen of Plant Physiology and Metabolomics is aimed primarily at investigating the effects of abiotic stress factors (low and high temperature, drought, toxic metals, salt stress, excessive UV-B radiation, etc.) and the defence processes that provide protection against these, with special regard to antioxidant systems and the clarification of their role in the signal transduction processes of defensive compounds. Although the profile of the department is mainly concerned with basic research, work is also underway to elaborate practical ways of using the natural compounds involved in defence processes (e.g. salicylic acid, polyamines) or their derivatives to enhance the stress tolerance of plants and thus yield levels.
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RESEARCH
PUBLICATIONS
Eva Darko, Kamirán A. Hamow, Tihana Marček, Mihály Dernovics, Mohamed Ahres and Gábor Galiba: Modulated Light Dependence of Growth, Flowering, and the Accumulation of Secondary Metabolites in Chilli — FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE, 22 March 2022
Sec. Crop and Product Physiology; https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2022.801656;
Eva Darko, Radwan Khalil, Zsanett Dobi, Viktória Kovács, Gabriella Szalai, Tibor Janda and István Molnár: Addition of Aegilops biuncialis chromosomes 2M or 3M improves the salt tolerance of wheat in different way — SCIENTIFIC REPORTS 10, 22327 (2020); https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-79372-1;
É. Darkó, R. Khalil, N. Elsayed, M. Pál, K.Á. Hamow, G. Szalai, J. Tajti, Q.T. Nguyen, N.T. Nguyen, V.N. Le, T. Janda: Factors playing role in heat acclimation processes in barley and oat plants — PHOTOSYNTHETICA 2019; 57(4):1035-1043 DOI: 10.32615/ps.2019.122;
Magda Pál, Gabriella Szalai, Orsolya Kinga Gondor, Tibor Janda: Unfinished story of polyamines: role of conjugation, transport and light-related regulation in the polyamine metabolism in plants. — PLANT SCIENCE 308, 110923, (2021); https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plantsci.2021.110923;
Magda Pál, Kamirán Áron Hamow, Altafur Rahman, Imre Majláth, Judit Tajti, Orsolya Kinga Gondor,Mohamed Ahres, Fatemeh Gholizadeh, Gabriella Szalai and Tibor Janda: Light Spectral Composition Modifies Polyamine Metabolism in Young Wheat Plants. — INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES 2022, 23, 8394.;
Imre Majláth, Csaba Éva, Kamirán Áron Hamow, József Kun, Magda Pál, Altafur Rahman, Balázs Palla, Zoltán Nagy, Attila Gyenesei, Gabriella Szalai, Tibor Janda: Methylglyoxal induces stress signaling and promotes the germination of maize at low temperature — PHYSIOLOGIA PLANTARUM 2022; 174:e13609. https://doi.org/10.1111/ppl.13609;
Janda, Tibor ; Lejmel, Magdalena Anna ; Molnár, Anna Borbála ; Majláth, Imre ; Pál, Magda ; Nguyen, Quang Trung ; Nguyen, Ngoc Tung ; Le, Van Nhan ; Szalai, Gabriella: Interaction between elevated temperature and different types of Na-salicylate treatment in Brachypodium dystachion — PLOS ONE 15 : 1 Paper: e0227608 (2020)
Majláth, Imre ; Éva, Csaba ; Tajti, Judit ; Khalil, Radwan ; Elsayed, Nesma ; Darko, Eva ; Szalai, Gabriella ; Janda, Tibor: Exogenous methylglyoxal enhances the reactive aldehyde detoxification capability and frost-hardiness of wheat — PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY In press : – p. – , 31 p. (2020)
Pál, Magda ; Janda, Tibor ; Majláth, Imre ; Szalai, Gabriella: Involvement of Salicylic Acid and Other Phenolic Compounds in Light-Dependent Cold Acclimation in Maize — INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES 21: 6 Paper: 1942 , 16 p. (2020)
Szalai, Gabriella ; Tajti, Judit ; Hamow, Kamirán Áron ; Ildikó, Denyicska ; Khalil, Radwan ; Vanková, Radomira ; Dobrev, Petr ; Misheva, Svetlana P. ; Janda, Tibor ; Pál, Magda: Molecular background of cadmium tolerance in Rht dwarf wheat mutant is related to a metabolic shift from proline and polyamine to phytochelatin synthesis — ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH: Paper: 08661 , 13 p. (2020)
Carlos Gonçalves, Mihaly Dernovics, David Moreno‐Gonzalez, Katrien Bouten, Juan F. Garcia‐Reyes, Joerg Stroka: Occurrence and Determination of Tropane Alkaloids in Food and Feed — In: Encyclopedia of Analytical Chemistry. Wiley, (2020) Paper: 9693 , 32 p.
Darko, Eva ; Végh, Balázs ; Khalil, Radwan ; Marček, Tihana ; Szalai, Gabriella ; Pál, Magda ; Janda, Tibor Metabolic responses of wheat seedlings to osmotic stress induced by various osmolytes under iso-osmotic conditions PLOS ONE 14 : 12 Paper: e0226151, 19 p. (2019)
Szalai, Gabriella ; Majláth, Imre ; Pál, Magda ; Gondor, Orsolya K ; Rudnóy, Szabolcs ; Oláh, Csilla ; Vanková, Radomíra ; Kalapos, Balázs ; Janda, Tibor: Janus-Faced Nature of Light in the Cold Acclimation Processes of Maize — FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 9 Paper: 850 (2018)
Pál, Magda ; Csávás, Gabriella; Szalai, Gabriella ; Oláh, Tímea ; Khalil, Radwan ; Yordanova, Rusina ; Gell, Gyöngyvér ; Birinyi, Zsófia ; Németh, Edit ; Janda, Tibor: Polyamines may influence phytochelatin synthesis during Cd stress in rice — JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 340 pp. 272-280., 9 p. (2017)
Darko, E ; Heydarizadeh, P ; Schoefs, B ; Sabzalian, MR: Photosynthesis under artificial light: the shift in primary and secondary metabolism — PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES 369: 1640 Paper: 20130243 , 7 p. (2014)
