Cell wall composition in relation to photosynthesis 

    Roig Oliver, Margalida (Date of defense: 2022-04-05)

    [eng] Photosynthesis is an essential process for plants. To comprehend how diffusive and biochemical CO2 processes involved in photosynthesis occur is of great relevance to understand plant physiology. For decades, ...

    Ecología y fitoquímica de Eryngium maritimum L. en las dunas de Mallorca 

    Cortés Fernández, Iván (Date of defense: 2023-01-27)

    [cat] Els hàbitats costaners presenten una elevada biodiversitat i es troben entre els més amenaçats del planeta. Entre aquests, els hàbitats dunars són especialment susceptibles als efectes de l'antropització. A les ...

    Evaluation of Mediterranean plant species for extensive vegetated roof and environmental performance 

    Azeñas Mallea, Veriozka Andrea (Date of defense: 2017-09-25)

    El rápido crecimiento de las ciudades es considerado un motor del cambio global antropogénico y se ha convertido en una problemática ambiental por los diversos impactos que genera. Considerando que la mayor parte de la ...

    Exploring Rubisco molecular evolution and kinetics temperature dependency 

    Hermida Carrera, Carmen (Date of defense: 2016-02-04)

    Rubisco, the enzyme that catalyzes the assimilation of atmospheric CO2 and sustains the vast majority of food chains in the Biosphere, presents functional inefficiencies limiting the photosynthetic process. Rubisco is ...

    In vivo metabolic regulation of plant respiration under salt and nutrient stress. Interaction with mycorrhyza 

    Fernández Del-Saz, Néstor (Date of defense: 2017-07-24)

    - Introducció El paper fisiològic i regulació de la oxidasa alternativa (AOX) en plantes sota estressos nutricionals y salins no estan del tot resolts. Ambdós estressos indueixen canvis metabòlics relacionats amb el ...

    Opportunistic Vertebrates as Mediators of the Reproductive Success of two Canarian Endemic Plants 

    Jaca Estepa, Julia (Date of defense: 2020-09-18)

    [eng] Plant reproductive success depends on the effectiveness of the mutualistic interaction and the context in which it occurs. This thesis investigates and quantifies plant fitness with a particular group of animal ...