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Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
105
Citations
36096
World Ranking
126
National Ranking
1

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in Finland Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Finland Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Finland Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Finland Leader Award
  • 2018 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences

Overview

Eva-Mari Aro is affiliated with the University of Turku in Finland. Their research spans various aspects of photosynthesis, plant stress responses, and molecular biology. The scientist's work is documented extensively in several frequent publication venues, including Physiologia Plantarum, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), PLANT PHYSIOLOGY, Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics, and Frontiers in Plant Science.

The main fields of study connected to their research include Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. More specific subfields encompass Molecular Biology, Plant Science, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics.

Primary topics of their work cover Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms, Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance, Light effects on plants, Algal biology and biofuel production, Mitochondrial Function and Pathology, Photoreceptor and optogenetics research, and Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies.

Recent notable publications include:

  • Composition, phosphorylation and dynamic organization of photosynthetic protein complexes in plant thylakoid membrane (2020), published in Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences
  • Adjustment of photosynthetic activity to drought and fluctuating light in wheat (2020), published in Plant Cell & Environment
  • PGR5 and NDH-1 systems do not function as protective electron acceptors but mitigate the consequences of PSI inhibition (2020), published in Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics
  • Photosynthetic signalling during high light stress and recovery: targets and dynamics (2020), published in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • Photosystem I Inhibition, Protection and Signalling: Knowns and Unknowns (2021), published in Frontiers in Plant Science

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Eva-Mari Aro include:

  • Peter J. Gollan
  • Mikko Tikkanen
  • Duncan Fitzpatrick
  • Eevi Rintamäki
  • Arjun Tiwari

Eva-Mari Aro was recognized as a Member of the National Academy of Sciences in 2018.

Best Publications

  • Photoinhibition of photosystem II : inactivation, protein damage and turnover

    Eva-Mari Aro;Ivar Virgin;Bertil Andersson

  • Manganese Compounds as Water-Oxidizing Catalysts: From the Natural Water-Oxidizing Complex to Nanosized Manganese Oxide Structures

    Mohammad Mahdi Najafpour;Gernot Renger;Małgorzata Hołyńska;Atefeh Nemati Moghaddam

  • Reversible and irreversible intermediates during photoinhibition of photosystem II: stable reduced QA species promote chlorophyll triplet formation

    Imre Vass;Stenbjorn Styring;Torill Hundal;Antti Koivuniemi

  • Dynamics of photosystem II: a proteomic approach to thylakoid protein complexes

    E.-M. Aro;M. Suorsa;A. Rokka;Y. Allahverdiyeva

  • The rate constant of photoinhibition, measured in lincomycin-treated leaves, is directly proportional to light intensity.

    E Tyystjärvi;E M Aro

  • PROTON GRADIENT REGULATION5 Is Essential for Proper Acclimation of Arabidopsis Photosystem I to Naturally and Artificially Fluctuating Light Conditions

    Marjaana Suorsa;Sari Järvi;Michele Grieco;Markus Nurmi

  • Excess Copper Predisposes Photosystem II to Photoinhibition in Vivo by Outcompeting Iron and Causing Decrease in Leaf Chlorophyll

    Eija Pätsikkä;Marja Kairavuo;Frantisek Šeršen;Eva-Mari Aro

  • Photoinhibition and D1 Protein Degradation in Peas Acclimated to Different Growth Irradiances

    Eva-Mari Aro;Stephanie McCaffery;Jan M. Anderson

  • From first generation biofuels to advanced solar biofuels

    Eva-Mari Aro

  • Photosystem II photoinhibition-repair cycle protects Photosystem I from irreversible damage

    Mikko Tikkanen;Nageswara Rao Mekala;Eva-Mari Aro

  • Photosynthesis, photorespiration, and light signalling in defence responses

    Saijaliisa Kangasjärvi;Jenny Neukermans;Shengchun Li;Eva-Mari Aro

  • Optimized native gel systems for separation of thylakoid protein complexes: novel super- and mega-complexes.

    Sari Järvi;Marjaana Suorsa;Virpi Paakkarinen;Eva-Mari Aro

  • Cooperative regulation of light-harvesting complex II phosphorylation via the plastoquinol and ferredoxin-thioredoxin system in chloroplasts

    E Rintamaki;P Martinsuo;S Pursiheimo;Eva-Mari Aro

  • Flavodiiron proteins Flv1 and Flv3 enable cyanobacterial growth and photosynthesis under fluctuating light

    Yagut Allahverdiyeva;Henna Mustila;Maria Ermakova;Luca Bersanini

  • Phosphorylation of Light-harvesting Complex II and Photosystem II Core Proteins Shows Different Irradiance-dependent Regulation in Vivo APPLICATION OF PHOSPHOTHREONINE ANTIBODIES TO ANALYSIS OF THYLAKOID PHOSPHOPROTEINS

    Eevi Rintamäki;Mervi Salonen;Ulla-Maija Suoranta;Inger Carlberg

  • Photosystem II repair in plant chloroplasts--Regulation, assisting proteins and shared components with photosystem II biogenesis.

    Sari Järvi;Marjaana Suorsa;Eva-Mari Aro

  • The light-harvesting chlorophyll a/b binding proteins Lhcb1 and Lhcb2 play complementary roles during state transitions in Arabidopsis.

    Malgorzata Pietrzykowska;Marjaana Suorsa;Dmitry A. Semchonok;Mikko Tikkanen

  • Regulation of Photosynthesis

    Eva-Mari Aro;Bertil Andersson

  • Thylakoid protein phosphorylation in higher plant chloroplasts optimizes electron transfer under fluctuating light.

    Mikko Tikkanen;Michele Grieco;Saijaliisa Kangasjärvi;Eva-Mari Aro

  • NDH-1 and NDH-2 Plastoquinone Reductases in Oxygenic Photosynthesis

    Gilles Peltier;Eva-Mari Aro;Toshiharu Shikanai

  • Grana stacking and protection of Photosystem II in thylakoid membranes of higher plant leaves under sustained high irradiance: An hypothesis

    Jan M. Anderson;Jan M. Anderson;Eva-Mari Aro

Frequent Co-Authors

Marjaana Suorsa
Marjaana Suorsa University of Turku
Yagut Allahverdiyeva
Yagut Allahverdiyeva University of Turku
Mikko Tikkanen
Mikko Tikkanen University of Turku
Esa Tyystjärvi
Esa Tyystjärvi University of Turku
Paula Mulo
Paula Mulo University of Turku
Bertil Andersson
Bertil Andersson Linköping University
Saijaliisa Kangasjärvi
Saijaliisa Kangasjärvi University of Helsinki
Stenbjörn Styring
Stenbjörn Styring Uppsala University
Kaarina Sivonen
Kaarina Sivonen University of Helsinki
Norio Murata
Norio Murata National Institute for Basic Biology

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