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Departament de Biologia
Universitat de les Illes Balears
Ctra Valldemossa Km. 7,5
07071 Palma de Mallorca

Publications of the Research group

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2008

Phytochrome-driven changes in respiratory electron
transport partitioning in soybean (Glycine max. L.)
cotyledons M. Ribas-Carbo, L. Giles, J. Flexas, W. Briggs & J. A. Berry. Plant Biology 10: 281–287 2008

Photochemistry, remotely sensed physiological reflectance index and de-epoxidation state of the xanthophyll cycle in Quercus coccifera under intense drought Peguero-Pina JJ, Morales F, Flexas J, Gil-Pelegrin E, Moya I. OECOLOGIA 156: 1-11 MAY 2008

Mercurial inhibition of root hydraulic conductance in Vitis spp. rootstocks under water stress Lovisolo C, Tramontini S, Flexas J, Schubert A. ENVIRONMENTAL AND EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 63: 178-182 MAY 2008

2007

Effect of mitochondrial genome rearrangement on respiratory activity, photosynthesis, photorespiration and energy status of MSC16 cucumber (Cucumis sativus) mutant. Izabela M. Juszczuk, Jaume Flexas, Bozena Szal, Zofia Dabrowska, Miquel Ribas-Carbo and Anna M. Rychter. PHYSIOLOGIA PLANTARUM 131: 527-541 DEC 2007

Rapid variations of mesophyll conductance in response to changes in CO2 concentration around leaves . Flexas J, Díaz-Espejo A, Galmés J, Kaldenhoff R, Medrano H, Ribas-Carbo M. PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT 30 (10): 1284-1298 OCT 2007

Mesophyll conductance to CO2 in Arabidopsis thaliana. Flexas J, Ortuño MF, Ribas-Carbo M, Díaz-Espejo A, Florez-Sarasa ID, Medrano H. NEW PHYTOLOGIST 175 (3): 501-511 2007

Photosynthetic limitations in response to water stress and recovery in Mediterranean plants with different growth forms. Galmés J, Medrano H, Flexas J. NEW PHYTOLOGIST 175 (1): 81-93 2007

Aquaporin expression in response to different water stress intensities and recovery in Richter-110 (Vitis sp.): relationship with ecophysiological status. Galmés J, Pou A, Alsina MM, Tomas M, Medrano H, Flexas J. PLANTA 226 (3): 671-681 AUG 2007

Photoprotection processes under water stress and recovery in Mediterranean plants with different growth forms and leaf habits. Galmés J, Abadia A, Cifre J, Medrano H, Flexas J. PHYSIOLOGIA PLANTARUM 130 (4): 495-510 AUG 2007

Photosynthesis and photoprotection responses to water stress in the wild-extinct plant Lysimachia minoricensis. Galmés J, Abadia J, Medrano H, Flexas J. ENVIRONMENTAL AND EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 60 (3): 308-317 JUL 2007

Analysis of leakeage in IRGA's leaf chambers of open gas exchange systems: quantification and its effects in photosynthesis parameterization. Flexas J, Díaz-Espejo A, Berry JA, cifre J, Galmés J, Kaldenhoff R, Medrano H, Ribas-Carbo M. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 58 (6): 1533-1543

Lack of respiratory chain complex I impairs alternative oxidase engagement and modulates redox signaling during elicitor-induced cell death in tobacco. Vidal G., Ribas-Carbo M., Garmier M., Dubertret G., Rasmusson A.G., Mathieu C., Foyer C.H., De Paepe R. PLANT CELL 19 (2): 640-655 FEB 2007

Photosynthesis and photoinhibition in response to drought in a pubescent (var. minor) and a glabrous (var. palaui) variety of Digitalis minor. Galmés J, Medrano H, Flexas J. ENVIRONMENTAL AND EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 60 (1): 105-111 MAY 2007

Water relations and stomatal characteristics of Mediterranean plants with different growth forms and leaf habits: responses to water stress and recovery. Galmes J, Flexas J, Save R, Medrano H. PLANT AND SOIL 290 (1-2): 139-155

Contribution of the cytochrome and alternative pathways to growth respiration and maintenance respiration in Arabidopsis thaliana. Florez-Sarasa ID, Bouma T, Medrano H, Azcon-Bieto J, Ribas-Carbo M. PHYSIOLOGIA PLANTARUM 129 (1): 143-151

Leaf age-related changes in respiratory pathways are dependent on complex I activity in Nicotiana sylvestris. Priault P, Vidal G, De Paepe R, Ribas-Carbo M. PHYSIOLOGIA PLANTARUM 129 (1): 152-162

Response of leaf respiration to water stress in Mediterranean species with different growth forma. Galmés J, Ribas-Carbo M., Medrano H, Flexas J. JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS 68: 206-222

2006

Keeping a positive carbon balanceunder adverse conditions: responses of photosynthesis and respiration to water stress. Flexas J, Galmés J, Medrano H, Ribas-Carbo M. PHYSIOLOGIA PLANTARUM 127: 343-352

Tobacco aquaporin NtAQP1 is involved in mesophyll conductance to CO2 in vivo. Flexas J, Ribas-Carbo M, Bota J, Bota J, Otto B, Cifre J, McDowell N, Medrano H, Kaldenhoff R. THE PLANT JOURNAL 48:427-439

Acclimation of Rubisco specificity factor to drought in tobacco: dicrepancies between in vivo and invitro estimation. Galmés J, Medrano H, Flexas J. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 57: 3659-3667

Nitrogen assimilation studies using N-15 in soybean plants treated with imazethapyr, an inhibitor of branched-chain amino acid biosynthesis. Zabalza A, Gaston S, Ribas-Carbo M, Orcaray L, Igal M, Royuela M. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 54 (23): 8818-8823

Decreased Rubisco activity during water stress is not induced by decreased relative water content but related to conditions of low stomatal conductance and chloroplast CO2 concentration. Flexas J, Ribas-Carbo M, Bota J, Galmés J, Henkle M, Martinez-Cañellas S, Medrano H. NEW PHYTOLOGIST 172: 73-82

Germination capacity and temperature dependance in Mediterranean species of the Balearic Islands. Galmés J, Medrano H, Flexas J. INVESTIGACIONES AGRARIAS: SISTEMAS DE RECURSOS FORESTALES 15: 88-95

2005

Rubisco specificity factor tends to be larger in plant species from drier habitats and in species with persistent leaves. Galmes J, Flexas J, Keys AJ, Cifre J, Mitchell RAC, Madgwick PJ, Haslam RP, Medrano H, Parry MAJ. PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT 28 (5): 571-579 MAY 2005

Modulation of relative growth rate and its components by water stress in Mediterranean species with different growth forms. Galmes J, Cifre J, Medrano H, Flexas J. OECOLOGIA 145 (1): 21-31 AUG 2005

Effects of water stress in respiration in soybean leaves. Ribas-Carbo M, Taylor NL, Giles L, Busquets S, Finnegan PM, Day DA, Lambers H, Medrano H, Berry JA, Flexas J. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 139 (1): 466-473 SEP 2005

Prospects for crop production under drought: research priorities and future directions. Parry MAJ, Flexas J, Medrano H . ANNALS OF APPLIED BIOLOGY 147 (3): 211-226

Physiological tools for irrigation scheduling in grapevine (Vitis vinifera L.) An open gate to improve water-use efficiency? Cifre J, Bota J, Escalona JM, et al. AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT 106 (2-3): 159-170 Sp. Iss. SI APR 2 2005

2004

The worldwide leaf economics spectrum. Wright et al. Nature (2004) 428: 821-827

Is photosynthesis limited by decreased Rubisco activity and RuBP content under progressive water stress? Bota J, Medrano H, Flexas J. New Phytol. (2004)162: 671-681

Effect of water stress on partitioning of 14C-labelled photosynthates in Vitis vinifera. Bota J, Stasyk O, Flexas J, Medrano H. Funct. Plant Biol. (2004) 31: 697-708

A new instrument for passive remote sensing: 2. Measurement of leaf and canopy reflectance changes at 531 nm and their relationship with photosynthesis and chlorophyll fluorescence. Evain S, Flexas J, Moya I. Remote Sens. Environ. (2004) 91: 175-185

Diffusive and metabolic limitations to photosynthesis under drought and salinity in C3 plants. Flexas J, Bota J, Loreto F, Cornic G, Sharkey TD. Plant Biol. (2004 )6, 269-279

Understanding down-regulation of photosynthesis under water stress: future prospects and searching for physiological tools for irrigation management. Flexas J, Bota J, Cifre J, Escalona JM, Galmes J, Gulias J, Lefi EK, Martinez-Canellas SF, Moreno MT, Ribas-Carbo M, Riera D, Sampol B, Medrano H. Annals of Applied Biology (2004) 144: 273-283.

Critical Stages in the Recruitment Process of Rhamnus alaternus L. Gulias J, Traveset A, Riera N, Mus M. Annals of Botany (2004) 93: 723-73

Water uptake dynamics, photosynthesis and water use efficiency in fieldgrown Medicago arborea and Medicago citrina under prolonged Mediterranean drought conditions. Lefi E, Medrano H, Cifre J. Annals of Applied Biology (2004) 144: 299-307

A new instrument for passive remote sensing: 1. Measurements of sunlight induced chlorophyll fluorescence. A new instrument for passive remote sensing: Moya I, Camenen L, Evain S, Goulas Y, Cerovic ZG, Latouche G, Flexas J, Ounis A. Remote Sens. Environ. (2004) 91: 186-197

2003

Tumour necrosis factor-alpha uncouples respiration in isolated rat mitochondria Busquets S, Aranda X, Ribas-Carbo M, Azcon-Bieto J, Lopez-Soriano FJ, Argiles JM. Cytokine (2003) 21:1-4

Changes in mitochondrial electron partitioning in response to herbicides inhibiting branched-chain amino acid biosynthesis in soybean. Gaston S, Ribas-Carbo M, Busquets S, Berry JA, Zabalza A, Royuela M. Plant Physiology (2003) 133:1351-1359

Relationship between maximum leaf photosynthesis, nitrogen content and specific leaf area in Balearic endemic and non-endemic mediterranean species. Gulias J, Flexas J, Mus M, Cifre J, Lefi E, Medrano H. Annals of Botany (2003) 91, 455-463.

A ten-year study on the physiology of two Spanish grapevine cultivars under field conditions: effects of water availability from leaf photosynthesis to grape yield and quality. Medrano H, Escalona JM, Cifre J, Bota J, Flexas J. Funct. Plant Biol. (2003) 30, 607-619.

Analysis of the virus-induced inhibition of photosynthesis in malmsey grapevines. Sampol B, Bota J, Riera D, Medrano H, Flexas J. New Phytol. (2003)160, 403-412.

The contribution of Ce and C4 plants to the carbon cycle of a tallgrass prairie: an isotopic approach Still CJ, Berry JA, Ribas-Carbo M, Helliker BR. Oecologia (2003) 136: 347-359

Transition probabilities from pollination to establishment in a rare dioecious shrub species (Rhamnus ludovici-salvatoris) in two habitats. Traveset A, Gulias J, Riera N, Mus M. Journal of Ecology (2003) 91: 427-437

2002

Effects of drought on photosynthesis in grapevines under field conditions: an evaluation of stomatal and mesophyll limitations. Flexas J, Bota J, Escalona JM, Sampol B, Medrano H. Functional Plant Biology (2002) 29:461-471

CO2/O2 specificity factor of ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase in grapevines (Vitis vinifera L.): First in vitro determination and comparison to in vivo estimations. Bota J, Flexas J, Keys AJ, Loveland J, Parry MAJ, Medrano H. Vitis (2002) 41, 163-168.

Steady-state chlorophyll fluorescence (Fs) measurements as a tool to follow variations of net CO2 assimilation and stomatal conductance during water-stress in C3 plants. Flexas J, Escalona JM, Evain S, Gulias J, Moya I, Osmond CB, Medrano H. Physiologia Plantarum (2002) 114:231-240

Energy dissipation in C3 plants under drought. Flexas J and Medrano H. Functional Plant Biology (2002) 29:1209-1215

Drought-Inhibition of photosynthesis in C3 plants: stomatal and non-stomatal limitation revisited. Flexas J and Medrano H. Annals of Botany (2002) 89, 183-189.

Photosynthetic responses to water deficit in six Mediterranean sclerophyll species: possible factors explaining the declining distribution of Rhamnus ludovici-salvatoris, an endemic Balearic species. Gulias J, Flexas J, Abadia A, Medrano H. Tree Physiology (2002) 22, 687-697.

Effects of drought on light dissipation mechanisms in high-light.acclimated, field-growngrapevines Medrano H, Bota J, Abadia A, Sampol B, Escalona JM, Flexas J. Functional Plant Biology (2002) 29:1197-1207

Regulation of photosynthesis of C3 plants in response to progressive drought: the interest of stomatal conductance as a reference parameter. Medrano H, Escalona JM, Bota J, Gulias J, Flexas J. Ann. Bot. (2002 )89, 895-905.

Automated system for simultaneous analysis od d13C, d18O and CO2 concentrations in small air samples Ribas-Carbo M, Still C, Berry J. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectometry (2002) 16:339-345

2001

Seasonal patterns and control of gas exchange in local populations of the Mediterranian evergrenn shrub Pistacia lentiscus L. Flexas J, Gulias J, Jonasson S, Medrano H, Mus M. Acta Oecologica (2001) 22:33-43

Photoinactivation of photosystem II in high light-acclimated grapevines. Flexas J, Hendrickson L, Chow WS. Australian Journal of Plant Physiology (2001) 28:755-764

Adaptation of a PAM-fluorometer for remote sensing of chlorophyll fluorescence. Ounis A, Evain S, Flexas J, Tosti S, Moya I. Photosynthesis Research (2001) 68:113-120

Genetic variability of photosynthesis and water use in Balearic grapevine cultivars. Bota J, Flexas J, Medrano H. ANNALS OF APPLIED BIOLOGY 138 (3): 353-361

2000

Steady-state and maximum chlorophyll fluorescence responses to water stress in grapevine leaves: a new remote sensing system. Flexas J, Briantais JM, Cerovic Z, Medrano H, Moya I. Remote Sens. Environ. (2000) 73: 283-297.

1999

Analysis of the relative increase in photosynthetic O2 uptake when photosynthesis is gapevine leaves is inhibited following low night temperatures and/or water stess. Flexas J, Badger M, Chow WS, Medrano H, Osmond CB. Plant Physiology (1999) 121:675-84

Water stress induces different levels of photosynthesis and electron transport rate regulation in grapevines. Flexas J, Escalona JM, Medrano H. Plant Cell and Environment (1999) 22:39-48

Stomatal and non-stomatal limitations of photosynthesis under water stress in field-grown grapevines. Belkhodja R, Morales F, Abadia A, Medrano H, Abadia J. PHOTOSYNTHETICA 36 (3): 375-387

Effects of salinity on chlorophyll fluorescence and photosynthesis of barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) grown under a triple-line-source sprinkler system in the field. Escalona JM, Flexas J, Medrano H. Australian Journal of Plant Physiology (1999) 26:421-433