Maize crops occupy an important place in world food security. However, different conditions, such as abiotic stress factors, can affect the productivity of these crops, requiring technologies that facilitate their monitoring. One technology is spectroscopy, which measures energy reflected and emitted by a surface along electromagnetic spectrum. Spectral data help to identify factors plants, sin...

Carbon, nitrogen and oxygen abundances were derived from high-resolution spectra of 6 cool supergiants of the Small Magellanic Cloud. Oxygen-to-iron ratios (mean value [O/Fe] ≈–0.18 dex) are found to be similar to those found in young objects in the LMC and the Galaxy. This result is discussed in terms of chemical evolution. A mean deficiency of the carbon-to-iron ratio of [C/Fe] ≈–0.3 dex and ...

In contrast to what happens in higher plants and eukaryotic algae, a nitrogen deficiency during growth causes a change in pigment composition but no significant changes in whole cell lipid and fatty acid composition of the two Cyanobacteria, Pseudanabaena sp. (strain M2) and Oscillatoria splendida (strain L3). Nitrogen deficiency does not affect the cellular content in chlorophyll a, but it cau...

Iron deficiency in axenic cultures of Trichodesmium erythraeum IMS101 led to significant declines in both nitrogen fixation rates and photochemical energy conversion efficiency, accompanied by downregulation of genes encoding the major iron-binding proteins, including psbA and psbE of photosystem II, psaA and psaC of photosystem I, petB and petC of the cytochrome b(6)f complex, and nifH. Howeve...

Mars’ total atmospheric nitrogen content is 0.2 mbar. One-dimensional (1D) photochemical simulations of Mars’ atmosphere show that nitric acid (HNO3(g)), the most soluble nitrogen oxide, is the principal reservoir species for nitrogen in its lower atmosphere, which amounts to a steady-state value of 6×10−2 kg or 4 moles, conditions of severe nitrogen deficiency. Mars could, however, support *10...

Acute hyperammonemia is a medical emergency requiring rapid recognition and treatment to prevent devastating neurologic sequelae. Its varying etiologies include primary hepatic failure, drug toxicity, infection, and inherited disorders of metabolism. Ornithine transcarbamylase (OTC) deficiency is the most common inherited urea cycle disorder and can result in hyperammonemic encephalopathy and c...

The objective of the present study was to determine a possible interconnection between a P-deficiency induced decline in nitrogen fixation of Medicago truncatula Gaertn. (barrel medic) cv. Jemalong and the accumulation of nitrogen or amino acids in different organs of the plants as a possible agent of a N-feedback mechanism. Nodulated plants were grown in N-free nutrient solution at increasing ...

1. The effect of nitrate reduction and assimilation on the CO(2)/O(2) quotient of gas exchange has been used as an index of the relative rates of carbon and nitrogen assimilation in Chlorella pyrenoidosa. Changes in over-all metabolism induced by starvation, high light intensity, and nitrogen deficiency have been studied in comparison with the metabolism of cells growing at light-limiting inten...

To evaluate the potential of the green agla Chlorella zofingiensis as a feedstock for biodiesel production, the effects of nitrogen and phosphate on lipid accumulation and growth of C. zofingiensis were studied. The maximum specific growth rate (μ(max)) reached 2.15 day⁻¹ when the concentration of NaNO₃ and K₂HPO₄·3H₂O was 1.0 g L⁻¹ and 0.01 g L⁻¹, respectively. The lipid contents of C. zofingi...

Abstract Lateral roots (LRs) dominate the overall root surface of adult plants and are crucial for soil exploration nutrient acquisition. When grown under mild nitrogen (N) deficiency, flowering develop longer LRs to enhance This response is partly mediated by brassinosteroids (BR) yet unknown mechanisms. Here, we show that local auxin biosynthesis modulates LR elongation while allelic coding v...