Violeta Velikova

Best Publications

• Oxidative stress and some antioxidant systems in acid rain-treated bean plants Protective role of exogenous polyamines

  V Velikova;I Yordanov;A Edreva

  5528
  Citations

• Isoprene Produced by Leaves Protects the Photosynthetic Apparatus against Ozone Damage, Quenches Ozone Products, and Reduces Lipid Peroxidation of Cellular Membranes

  Francesco Loreto;Violeta Velikova

  1448
  Citations

• Plant Responses to Drought, Acclimation, and Stress Tolerance

  I. Yordanov;V. Velikova;T. Tsonev

  1357
  Citations

• Stress Protective Role of Secondary Metabolites Diversity of Functions and Mechanisms

  A Edreva;V Velikova

  361
  Citations

• Isoprene synthesis protects transgenic tobacco plants from oxidative stress.

  Claudia E. Vickers;Malcolm Possell;Cristian I. Cojocariu;Violeta B. Velikova

  281
  Citations

• On the relationship between isoprene emission and thermotolerance in Phragmites australis leaves exposed to high temperatures and during the recovery from a heat stress

  V. Velikova;F. Loreto

  274
  Citations

• Increased Thermostability of Thylakoid Membranes in Isoprene-Emitting Leaves Probed with Three Biophysical Techniques

  Violeta Velikova;Zsuzsanna Várkonyi;Milán Szabó;Liliana Maslenkova

  210
  Citations

• Phenylamides in plants

  A. M. Edreva;V. B. Velikova;T. D. Tsonev

  176
  Citations

• Isoprene decreases the concentration of nitric oxide in leaves exposed to elevated ozone

  Violeta Velikova;Paola Pinelli;Stefania Pasqualini;Lara Reale

  169
  Citations

• What is Climate-Smart Forestry? A definition from a multinational collaborative process focused on mountain regions of Europe

  Euan Bowditch;Giovanni Santopuoli;Franz Binder;Miren del Río

  161
  Citations

• Isoprenoids and phenylpropanoids are part of the antioxidant defense orchestrated daily by drought-stressed Platanus × acerifolia plants during Mediterranean summers

  Massimiliano Tattini;Francesco Loreto;Alessio Fini;Lucia Guidi

  153
  Citations

• Endogenous isoprene protects Phragmites australis leaves against singlet oxygen

  Violeta Velikova;Aglika Edreva;Francesco Loreto

  150
  Citations

• The effect of light quality on growth, photosynthesis, leaf anatomy and volatile isoprenoids of a monoterpene-emitting herbaceous species (Solanum lycopersicum L.) and an isoprene-emitting tree (Platanus orientalis L.)

  C. Arena;C. Arena;T. Tsonev;D. Doneva;V. De Micco

  130
  Citations

• Photosynthetic limitations and volatile and non-volatile isoprenoids in the poikilochlorophyllous resurrection plant Xerophyta humilis during dehydration and rehydration.

  Megan Beckett;Francesco Loreto;Violeta Velikova;Violeta Velikova;Cecilia Brunetti;Cecilia Brunetti

  128
  Citations

• Stabilization of thylakoid membranes in isoprene-emitting plants reduces formation of reactive oxygen species

  Violeta Velikova;Thomas D. Sharkey;Francesco Loreto

  118
  Citations

• INFLUENCE OF SUCCINATE ON ZINC TOXICITY OF PEA PLANTS

  Snejana Doncheva;Zlatimira Stoynova;Violeta Velikova

  112
  Citations

• Respiration in the light measured by 12CO 2 emission in 13CO 2 atmosphere in maize leaves

  Francesco Loreto;Violeta Velikova;Giorgio Di Marco

  110
  Citations

• Changes in photosynthesis, mesophyll conductance to CO2, and isoprenoid emissions in Populus nigra plants exposed to excess nickel.

  Violeta Velikova;Tsonko Tsonev;Francesco Loreto;Mauro Centritto

  103
  Citations

• Localized ozone fumigation system for studying ozone effects on photosynthesis, respiration, electron transport rate and isoprene emission in field-grown Mediterranean oak species.

  Violeta Velikova;Tsonko Tsonev;Paola Pinelli;Giorgio A. Alessio

  90
  Citations

• Isoprene production in transgenic tobacco alters isoprenoid, non-structural carbohydrate and phenylpropanoid metabolism, and protects photosynthesis from drought stress

  Massimiliano Tattini;Violeta Velikova;Violeta Velikova;Claudia Vickers;Cecilia Brunetti;Cecilia Brunetti

  89
  Citations

• Isoprene and nitric oxide reduce damages in leaves exposed to oxidative stress

  Violeta Velikova;Silvano Fares;Francesco Loreto

  77
  Citations

• Influence of Feeding and Oviposition by Phytophagous Pentatomids on Photosynthesis of Herbaceous Plants

  Violeta Velikova;Gianandrea Salerno;Francesca Frati;Ezio Peri

  76
  Citations