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EDUCATION

1992-1997: Department of Chemistry Jagiellonian University;
1997: master degree in chemistry, specialization in biological chemistry;
2002: doctor degree at Faculty of Agriculture and Economics of Agricultural Academy in Kraków;
2012: habilitation in agricultural sciences, Agricultural University of Kraków.

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SCHOLARSHIPS

2003-2005: holder of CropStress fellowship (EU project) 06.10.2003 - 31.03.2004 and 01.02.2005 - 07.07.2005, at the Plant Breeding Institute, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany.

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RESEARCH INTERESTS

Plant stress physiology - drought and rehydration (triticale, Rosa rubiginosa L.).

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EU PROJECTS

2003-2006: Centre of Research on the Biology of Plants Subjected to Environmental Stress in Sustainable Agricultural Production, CropStress-projekt EU (QLAM-2001-00424). Realization of Task 1, Work Package 1. Twinning with Plant Breeding Institute, Univer sity of Hohenheim. Group of dr. Eva Bauer.

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AWARDS

2009: collective award of  the 5th Division of Agricultural, Forestry and Veterinary Sciences of the Polish Academy of Sciences for studies concerning physiological and biochemical adaptactions to drought stress in maize and triticale.

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Ostrowska A., Tyrka M., Fiust A, Urban K., Hura T.

Heterotrophic and autotrophic seedlings of the same genotype of spring triticale exhibit different response to drought and early rehydration

Plant and Soil 2026

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Hura K., Ostrowska A., Hura T.

Impact of L-phenylalanine ammonia-lyase inhibition on winter triticale (× Triticosecale Wittmack) at early developmental stages

International Agrophysics, 40: 133-141 2026

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Hura K., Dziurka M., Hura T., Zieliński A.

Alterations in carbon and nitrogen metabolism under phenylalanine ammonia-lyase inhibition in winter triticale seedlings

Scientific Reports, 15: 42482 2025

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Hura T., Hura K., Ostrowska A., Urban K., Dziurka K., Pawłowska B.

Repeated soil droughts induce differential responses across leaflets of a compound leaf

Plant, Cell and Environment, 48: 8873–8877 2025

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Hura K, Dziurka M, Hura T., Wójcik-Jagła M, Zieliński A.

Physiological and molecular responses of the flag leaf under L-phenylalanine ammonia-lyase inhibition

Cells, 14: 1368 2025

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Ostrowska A., Hura K., Hura T.

Accumulation of hydrogen peroxide in flag leaves induces effective regeneration of triticale during rehydration after water stress

Journal of Plant Growth Regulation 2024

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Toward resilient agriculture and environmental protection: The role of cell wall-bound phenolics

Journal of Plant Physiology, 287: 54020 2023

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Zastosowanie inhibitorów amoniakoliazy L-fenyloalaniny w badaniach ekofizjologii roślin

Postępy Biochemii, 69: 11-17 2023

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Ostrowska A., Hura K., Hura T.

Different patterns of the photosynthetic apparatus recovery during early rehydration following drought stress in two types of intergeneric hybrid of triticale

Environmental and Experimental Botany, 214: 105475 2023

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Hura T., Hura K., Ostrowska A.

Drought-stress induced physiological and molecular changes in plants 2.0

International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 24: 1773 2023

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Ostrowska A., Dziurka M., Hura K., Hura T.

A delay in the senescence during a rehydration following soil drought is a precondition for limiting yield loss in triticale

International Agrophysics, 37: 69–78 2023

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Hura T., Hura K., Ostrowska A., Gadzinowska J., Urban K., Pawłowska B.

The role of invasive plant species in drought resilience in agriculture: The case of sweet briar (Rosa rubiginosa L.)

Journal of Experimental Botany, 74: 2799–2810 2023

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Hura T., Hura K., Sviriz M., Rouco C., Ostrowska A., Gadzinowska J., Urban K., Pawłowska B.

Physiological and molecular features predispose native and invasive populations of sweet briar (Rosa rubiginosa L.) to colonization and restoration of drought degraded environments

Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics, 56: 125690 2022

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Non-rolling flag leaves use an effective mechanism to reduce water loss and light-induced damage under drought stress

Annals of Botany, 130: 393–408 2022

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Physiological comparison of wheat and maize seedlings responses to water stresses

Sustainability, 14: 7932 2022

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Hura T., Hura K., Ostrowska A.

Drought-stress induced physiological and molecular changes in plants

International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 23: 4698 2022

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Gadzinowska J., Hura K., Ostrowska A., Hura T.

Activity of the photosynthetic apparatus in dehydrated leaves of a perennial shrub Rosa rubiginosa L. with different levels of drought memory

Environmental and Experimental Botany, 187: 104493 2021

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Grzesiak M., Maksymowicz A., Jurczyk B., Hura T., Rut G., Rzepka A., Grzesiak S.

Selection approaches to the variation of responses to soil compaction stress among maize hybrids (Zea mays L.)

Journal of Agronomy and Crop Science, 207: 544-556 2021

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Exogenous application of growth stimulators improves the condition of maize exposed to soil drought

Acta Physiologiae Plantarum, 43: 62 2021

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Osmoprotectants and nonenzymatic antioxidants in halophytes

In: Handbook of Halophytes. From Molecules to Ecosystems towards Biosaline Agriculture. Grigore MN. (eds); publisher name: Springer, Cham 2020

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Wheat and barley: Acclimatization to abiotic and biotic stress

International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 21: 7423 2020

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Gadzinowska J., Dziurka M., Ostrowska A., Hura K., Hura T.

Phytohormone synthesis pathways in sweet briar rose (Rosa rubiginosa L.) seedlings with high adaptation potential to soil drought

Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, 154: 745-750 2020

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Płażek A., Hura K., Hura T., Słomka A., Hornyák M., Sychta K.

Synthesis of heat-shock proteins HSP-70 and HSP-90 in flowers of common buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum) under thermal stress

Crop and Pasture Science, 71: 760-767 2020

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Hornyak A., Płażek A., Kopeć P., Dziurka M., Pastuszak J., Szczerba J., Hura T.

Photosynthetic activity of common buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum Moench) exposed to thermal stress

Photosynthetica, 58: 45-53 2020

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Gadzinowska J., Ostrowska A., Hura K., Dziurka M., Pawłowska B., Hura T.

Physiological traits determining high adaptation potential of sweet briar (Rosa rubiginosa L.) at early stage of growth to dry lands

Scientific Reports, 9: 19390 2019

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Hura T., Katarzyna Hura, Ostrowska A., Gadzinowska J., Fiust A.

Water stress-induced flag leaf senescence may be accelerated by rehydration

Journal of Plant Physiology, 236: 109-116 2019

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Ostrowska A., Tyrka M., Dziurka M., Hura K., Hura T.

Participation of wheat and rye genome in drought induced senescence in Winter Triticale (xTriticosecale Wittm.)

Agronomy, 9: 195 2019

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Gadzinowska J., Hura K., Pawłowska B., Hura T.

Z północy na południe, czyli inwazyjny charakter róży rdzawej (Rosa rubiginosa L.)

Kosmos, 321: 759-766 2018

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Grzesiak M., Hura T., Grzesiak S., Kaczanowska K., Szczyrek P.

Influence of nitrogen deficiency or excess on a root system structure of maize and triticale seedlings grown under low and high soil density

Journal of Agronomy and Crop Science, 204: 196–208 2018

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Hura K., Hura T., Żur I., Płażek A., Rapacz M.

Different response of winter oilseed rape calli and seedlings to Leptosphaeria maculans

Phyton, 57: 59-68 2017

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Grzesiak M., Hura K., Jurczyk B., Hura T., Rut G., Szczyrek P., Grzesiak S.

Physiological markers of stress susceptibility in maize and triticale under different soil compactions and/or soil water contents

Journal of Plant Interactions, 12: 355–372 2017

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Hura T., Dziurka M., Hura K., Ostrowska A., Dziurka K., Gadzinowska J.

Wheat and rye genome confer specific phytohormone profile features and interplay under water stress in two phenotypes of triticale

Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, 118: 494-509 2017

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Photosynthetic apparatus activity in relation to high and low contents of cell wall-bound phenolics in triticale under drought stress

Photosynthetica, 55: 698–704 2017

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Hura T., Szewczyk-Taranek B., Hura K., Nowak K., Pawłowska B.

Physiological Responses of Rosa rubiginosa to Saline Environment

Water, Air, & Soil Pollution, 228: 81 2017

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Hura T., Tyrka M., Hura K., Ostrowska A., Dziurka K.

QTLs for cell wall-bound phenolics in relation to the photosynthetic apparatus activity and leaf water status under drought stress at different growth stages of triticale

Molecular Genetics and Genomics, 292: 415-433 2017

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Hura T., Dziurka M., Hura K., Ostrowska A., Dziurka K.

Different allocation of carbohydrates and phenolics in dehydrated leaves of triticale

Journal of Plant Physiology, 202: 1-9 2016

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Grzesiak M., Janowiak F., Szczyrek P., Kaczanowska K., Ostrowska A., Rut G., Hura T., Rzepka A., Grzesiak S.

Impact of soil compaction stress combined with drought or waterlogging on physiological and biochemical markers in two maize hybrids

Acta Physiologiae Plantarum, 38:109 2016

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Hura K., Hura T., Rapacz M., Płażek A.

Effects of low-temperature hardening on the biochemical response of winter oilseed rape seedlings inoculated with the spores of Leptosphaeria maculans

Biologia, 70: 1011-1018 2015

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Grzesiak M., Szczyrek P., Rut G., Ostrowska A., Hura K., Rzepka A, Hura T., Grzesiak S.

Interspecific differences in tolerance to soil compaction, drought and waterlogging stresses among maize and triticale genotypes,

Journal of Agronomy and Crop Science, 201: 330-343 2015

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Rapid plant rehydration initiates permanent and adverse changes in the photosynthetic apparatus of triticale

Plant and Soil, 397: 127-145 2015

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Hura K., Hura T., Dziurka K., Dziurka M.

Carbohydrate, phenolic and antioxidant level in relation to chlorophyll a content in oilseed winter rape (Brassica napus L.) inoculated with Leptosphaeria maculans

European Journal of Plant Pathology, 143: 291-303 2015

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Hura T., Dziurka M., Hura K., Ostrowska A., Dziurka K.

Free and cell wall-bound polyamines under long-term water stress applied at different growth stages of ×Triticosecale Wittm

PLOS ONE, 10: e0135002 2015

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Hura K., Rapacz M., Hura T., Żur I., Filek M.

The effect of cold on the response of Brassica napus callus tissue to the secondary metabolites of Leptosphaeria maculans

Acta Physiologia Plantarum, 37: 13-25 2015

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Grzesiak M., Ostrowska A., Hura K., Rut G., Janowiak F., Rzepka A., Hura T., Grzesiak S.

Interspecific differences in root architecture among maize and triticale genotypes grown under drought, waterlogging and soil compaction

Acta Physiologiae Plantarum, 36: 3249–3261 2014

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Hura K., Hura T., Grzesiak M., Rapacz M.

Early detection of Phoma lingam infection in oilseed winter rape before visible symptoms appear

Acta Biologica Cracoviensia. Series Botanica, 56: 59-65 2014

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Hura K., Hura T., Dziurka K., Dziurka M.

Biochemical defense mechanisms induced in winter oilseed rape seedlings with different susceptibility to infection with Leptosphaeria maculans

Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology, 87: 42-50 2014

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Hura K., Hura T., Grzesiak M.

Function of the photosynthetic apparatus of oilseed winter rape under elicitation by Phoma lingam phytotoxins in relation to carotenoid and phenolic levels

Acta Physiologiae Plantarum, 36: 295-305 2014

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Hura K., Hura T., Bączek-Kwinta R., Grzesiak M., Płażek A.

Induction of defense mechanisms in seedlings of oilseed winter rape inoculated with Phoma lingam (Leptosphaeria maculans)

Phytoparasitica, 42: 145-154 2014

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Changes in root system structure, leaf water potential and gas exchange of maize and triticale seedlings affected by soil compaction

Environmental and Experimental Botany, 88: 2-10 2013

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Endogenous ABA concentration and cytoplasmic membrane fluidity in microspores of oilseed rape (Brassica napus L.) genotypes differing in responsiveness to androgenesis induction

Plant Cell Reports, 32: 1465-1475 2013

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Czyczyło-Mysza I., Tyrka M., Marcińska I., Skrzypek E., Karbarz M., Dziurka M., Hura T., Dziurka K., Quarrie S.A.

Quantitative trait loci for leaf chlorophyll fluorescence parameters, chlorophyll and carotenoid contents in relation to biomass and yield in bread wheat and their chromosome deletion bin assignments

Molecular Breeding, 32: 189-210 2013

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Hura T., Hura K., Dziurka K., Ostrowska A., Bączek-Kwinta R., Grzesiak M.

An increase in the content of cell-wall bound phenolics correlates with the productivity of triticale under soil drought

Journal of Plant Physiology, 169: 1728-1736 2012

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Czyczyło-Mysza I., Marcińska I., Skrzypek E., Chrupek M., Grzesiak S., Hura T., Stojałowski S., Myśków B., Milczarski P., Quarrie S.

Mapping QTLs for yield components and chlorophyll a fluorescence parameters in wheat under three levels of water availability

Plant Genetic Resources: characterization and utilization, 9: 291-295 2011

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Tyrka M., Bednarek PT., Kilian A., Wędzony M., Hura T.

Genetic map of triticale compiling DArT, SSR, and AFLP markers

Genome, 54: 391-401 2011

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Hura T., Hura K., Grzesiak M.

Soil drought applied during the vegetative growth of triticale modifies physiological and biochemical adaptation to drought during the generative development

Journal of Agronomy and Crop Science, 197: 113–123 2011

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Hura T., Hura K., Grzesiak M.

Early stage de-etiolation increases the ferulic acid content in winter triticale seedlings under full sunlight conditions

Journal of Photochemistry & Photobiology. Biology, 101: 279-285 2010

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Hura T., Hura K., Grzesiak S., Banaszak Z.

Simulation of osmotic stress during the early stages of triticale development as a promising laboratory test for screening drought resistance

Cereal Research Communications, 38: 327-334 2010

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Leaf optical properties during and after drought stress in triticale and maize genotypem differing in drought tolerance

Acta Physiologiae Plantarum, 32: 433-442 2010

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Hura T., Hura K., Grzesiak S.

Possible contribution of cell wall-bound ferulic acid in drought resistance and recovery in triticale seedlings

Journal of Plant Physiology, 166: 1720-1733 2009

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Hura T., Hura K., Grzesiak S.

Physiological and biochemical parameters for identifications of QTLs controlling the winter triticale drought tolerance at the seedling stage

Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, 47: 210-214 2009

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Hura T., Hura K., Grzesiak S.

Leaf dehydration induces different content of phenolics and ferulic acid in drought-resistant and -sensitive genotypes of spring triticale

Zeitschrift für Naturforschung, 64: 85-95 2009

Hura T., Hura K., Grzesiak M.

The usefulness of chlorophyll fluorescence parameters in harvest prediction in ten genotypes of winter triticale under optimal growth conditions

Plant Biosystems, 143: 496-503 2009

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Emission and excitation spectra of drought-stressed and non-stressed maize and triticale seedling leaves

Zeszyty Problemowe Postępów Nauk Rolniczych, 524: 151-166 2008

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Hura T., Hura K., Grzesiak S.

Contents of total phenolics and ferulic acid, and PAl activity during water potential changes in leaves of maize single-cross hybrids of different drought tolerance

Journal of Agronomy and Crop Science, 194: 104-112 2008

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Grzesiak M., Rzepka A., Hura T., Hura K., Skoczowski A.

Changes in response to drought stress of triticale and maize genotypes differing in drought tolerance

Photosynthetica, 45: 280-287 2007

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Hura T., Hura K., Grzesiak M., Rzepka A.

Effect of long-term drought stress on leaf gas exchange and fluorescence parameters in C3 and C4 plants

Acta Physiologiae Plantarum, 29: 103-113 2007

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Hura T., Grzesiak S., Hura K., Thiemt E., Tokarz K., Wędzony M.

Physiological and biochemical tools useful in drought tolerance detection in genotypes of winter triticale: Accumulation of ferulic acid correlates with drought tolerance

Annals of Botany, 100: 767-775 2007

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Stupnicka-Rodzynkiewicz E., Dąbkowska T., Stokłosa A., Hura T., Dubert F., Lepiarczyk A.

The effect of selected phenolic compounds on the initial growth of four weed species

Journal of Plant Diseases and Protection, 20: 479-486 2006

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Hura T., Grzesiak S., Hura K., Grzesiak M., Rzepka A.

Differences in the physiological state between triticale and maize plants during drought stress and followed rehydration expressed by the leaf gas exchange and spectrofluorimetric methods

Acta Physiologiae Plantarum, 28: 433-443 2006

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Hura T., Dubert F., Dąbkowska T., Stupnicka-Rodzynkiewicz E., Stokłosa A., Lepiarczyk A.

Quantitative analysis of phenolics in selected crop species and biological activity of these compounds evaluated by sensitivity of Echinochloa crus-galli

Acta Physiologiae Plantarum, 28: 537-545 2006

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Bączek-Kwinta R., Grzesiak S., Hura T.

The effect of soil drought and rehydration on growth and antioxidative activity in flag leaves of triticale

Biologia Plantarum, 50: 55-60 2006

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Water dynamics in plant production

Acta Physiologiae Plantarum, 27: 409 2005

The use of fluorescence polarization to measurements of membrane fluidity

In: Analytical methods in plant stress biology. Filek M., Biesaga-Kościelniak J., Marcińska I. et al. (eds), Institute of Plant Physiology, PAS, Kraków: 33-39 2004

Stupnicka-Rodzynkiewicz E., Dubert F., Hochół T., Hura T., Lepiarczyk A., Stokłosa A.

Możliwość wykorzystania allelopatycznych oddziaływań roślin do ograniczania zachwaszczenia

Zeszyty Problemowe Postępów Nauk Rolniczych, 496: 343-355 2004

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Stupnicka-Rodzynkiewicz E., Hochół T., Kamińska A., Hura T., Skoczowski A.

Wpływ biomasy chwastów na początkowy wzrost siewek trzech gatunków zbóż i ogólną zawartość związków fenolowych w glebie. 2. Zmiany ogólnej zawartości związków fenolowych w glebie

Pamiętnik Puławski, 134: 225-229 2003

Stupnicka-Rodzynkiewicz E., Hochół T., Kamińska A., Hura T., Skoczowski A.

Wpływ biomasy chwastów na początkowy wzrost siewek trzech gatunków zbóż i ogólną zawartość związków fenolowych w glebie. 1. Wpływ na początkowy wzrost siewek zbóż

Pamiętnik Puławski, 134: 217-223 2003

The impact of different soil moisture and soil compaction on the growth of triticale root system

Acta Physiologiae Plantarum, 24: 331-342 2002

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Effects of soil drought on uptake CO2, accumulation and translocation of 14C in cultivar of field bean and field pea of different drought tolerance

Journal of Agronomy and Crop Science, 183: 183-192 1999

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Effects of soil drought during vegetative phase of seedling growth on uptake of 14CO2, accumulation and translocation of 14C in cultivar of field bean (Vicia faba L. var. minor) and field pea (Pisum sativum L.) of different drought tolerance

Journal of Agronomy and Crop Sciences, 183: 183-192 1999

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Grzesiak S., Hura T., Grzesiak M., Pieńkowski S.

The impact of limited soil moisture and waterlogging stress conditions on morphological and anatomical root traits in maize (Zea mays L.) hybrids of different drought tolerance

Acta Physiologiae Plantarum, 21: 305-315 1999

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Płażek A., Hura T.

Zmiany we fluorescencji liści jęczmienia zwyczajnego (Hordeum vulgare L.) pod wpływem chłodu i infekcji wywołanej przez Bipolaris sorokiniana (Sacc) Shoem.

Zeszyty Problemowe Postępów Nauk Rolniczych, 469: 587-595 1999

Badanie widm fluorescencji liści kukurydzy w warunkach działania stresu wodnego i rehydratacji

Zeszyty Problemowe Postępów Nauk Rolniczych, 469: 193-200 1999

Hura T., Grzesiak S., Nizioł B.

Wpływ suszy glebowej na wzrost i plonowanie różnych odmian pszenżyta (Triticoseceale Witmac)

51 Zjazd PTB "Botanika polska u progu XXI wieku". Gdańsk, 15-19.09.1998, Materiały: 187 1998

Projects

Changes in the intensity of selected physiological, biochemical and molecular processes caused by the simultaneous effect of soil compaction stress and soil drought in individual maize hybrids differing in the degree of sensitivity to these stresses

Nr projektu: 2018/29/B/NZ9/01510

Finansowanie: NCN

Rok rozpoczęcia: 2019

Rok zakończenia: 2022

Kierownicy projektu: M. Grzesiak

Wykonawcy: T. Hura, S. Grzesiak, A. Maksymowicz, Barbara Jurczyk, Andrzej Rzepka, Grzegorz Rut

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Structural and functional characteristics of loci determining the level of cell wall phenols under conditions of water stress in triticale.

Nr projektu: 2018/31/B/NZ9/00298

Finansowanie: NCN

Rok rozpoczęcia: 2019

Rok zakończenia: 2022

Kierownicy projektu: T. Hura

Wykonawcy: A. Ostrowska, Mirek Tyrka, Andrzej Łyskowski , Katarzyna Hura

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The innovative system of selection of barley and triticale based on the latest achievements fenomics and genomics - Task 7, Task 8

Nr projektu: PBS1/A8/1/2012

Finansowanie: National Centre of Research and Development

Rok rozpoczęcia: 2012

Rok zakończenia: 2015

Kierownicy projektu: T. Hura

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Studies on the biochemical basics of molecular adaptation of the photosynthetic apparatus to soil drought at different growth stages of triticale

Nr projektu: 2011/01/B/NZ9/00019

Finansowanie: National Science Centre

Rok rozpoczęcia: 2011

Rok zakończenia: 2014

Kierownicy projektu: T. Hura

Wykonawcy: A. Ostrowska

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Winter hardiness QTL location in triticale (× Triticosecale Wittm.)

Nr projektu: NN310 778 640

Finansowanie: National Science Centre

Rok rozpoczęcia: 2011

Rok zakończenia: 2014

Wykonawcy: I. Czyczyło-Mysza, T. Hura, M. Szechyńska-Hebda

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Physiological, biochemical and morphological responses triticale and corn on the level of stress caused by different soil compaction, and the shortage or excess of water in the soil

Nr projektu: N N310 782540

Finansowanie: National Science Centre

Rok rozpoczęcia: 2011

Rok zakończenia: 2014

Kierownicy projektu: M. Grzesiak

Wykonawcy: F. Janowiak, S. Grzesiak, T. Hura

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Localization of genes loci for quantitative traits (QTL) associated with the resistance of wheat to drought using map markers and doubled haploid lines population in correlation with the physiological parameters

Nr projektu: 479/N-COST/2009/0

Finansowanie: Ministry Of Agriculture And Rural Development, Action COST FA0604 (TRITIGEN)

Rok rozpoczęcia: 2009

Rok zakończenia: 2011

Kierownicy projektu: I. Czyczyło-Mysza

Wykonawcy: J. Biesaga-Kościelniak, I. Marcińska, E. Skrzypek, S. Grzesiak, T. Hura, M. Grzesiak, A. Nowakowska

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Studies on the chlorophyll fluorescence and water status of triticale in relation to drought resistance

Nr projektu: HOR hn- 4040-dec-12/08

Finansowanie: Ministry Of Agriculture And Rural Development, The Department of Plant Breeding and Protection

Rok rozpoczęcia: 2008

Rok zakończenia: 2008

Kierownicy projektu: T. Hura

Wykonawcy: S. Grzesiak

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