Dr. Maryam Mozafarianmeimandi - MATE Research
Overview
Dr. Maryam Mozafarian is a researcher and lecturer in the Department of Vegetable and Mushroom Growing. Her primary research interests focus on enhancing plant resilience to abiotic stresses, particularly salinity and temperature extremes. She has extensively explored the role of beneficial compounds such as selenium, silicon, as well as proline and melatonin nanoparticles in improving plant growth and productivity under challenging environmental conditions. Additionally, she supervises several MSc students in this field.
Dr. Mozafarian has made significant contributions through peer-reviewed publications, book chapters, and international research collaborations. She is a management committee member of the RECROP COST Action and an editor board member for BMC Plant Biology.
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Publications
Role of Nanoparticles in Mitigating Abiotic Stress
Masoumi, Z., Khosravi, S., Haghighi, M., & Mozafarian, M. (2024). Exploring the protective effects of proline on pepper (Capsicum annum L.) under high-temperature stress. Plant Stress, 14,
100695. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.stress.2024.100695
Hallaji, B., Haghighi, M., Abolghasemi, R., & Mozafarian, M. (2024). Effect of foliar applications of aminolevulinic acid (bulk and nano-encapsulated) on bell pepper under heat stress. Plant Stress, 12, 100477. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.stress.2024.100477
Strategies for Mitigating Salinity Stress in Vegetable Crops
Masoumi, Z., Haghighi, M. & Mozafarian, M. Effects of foliar spraying with melatonin and chitosan Nano-encapsulated melatonin on tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum L. cv. Falcato) plants under salinity stress. BMC Plant Biol 24, 961 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12870-024-05672-7
Mozafarian, M., Hawrylak-Nowak, B., & Kappel, N. (2023). Effect of Different Rootstocks on the Salt Stress Tolerance and Fruit Quality of Grafted Eggplants (Solanum melongena L.). Plants, 12(20), 3631. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants12203631
Mozafariyan, M., Kamelmanesh, M. M., & Hawrylak-Nowak, B. (2016). Ameliorative effect of selenium on tomato plants grown under salinity stress. Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science, 62(10), 1368–1380. https://doi.org/10.1080/03650340.2016.1149816
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