@article{Brück:15269,
      recid = {15269},
      author = {Brück, Wolfram Manuel and Alfonso, Esteban and Rienth,  Markus and Andlauer, Wilfried},
      title = {Heat stress resistance in chlorella vulgaris enhanced by  hydrolyzed whey proteins},
      publisher = {MDPI},
      journal = {Agronomy},
      address = {Basel, Switzerland. 2024-11},
      number = {ARTICLE},
      pages = {14 p.},
      abstract = {Plant biologists have long used various model organisms,  such as Arabidopsis thaliana, to study biological  processes. The emergence of algal model organisms in recent  years greatly facilitated plant research due to their  compact genomes with a very low level of functional  redundancy and their physiological properties. Here, the  green microalga Chlorella vulgaris has been used as a model  organism to study the effect of whey hydrolysates against  heat stress in vascular plants. Cell density in culture, as  well as chlorophyll and carotenoid concentrations, were  monitored during an initial growth phase, followed by a  heat stress phase and a subsequent recovery phase. Results  showed that whey hydrolysates promoted the recovery of  heat-stressed C. vulgaris and showed improved growth rates  and generation times after heat stress compared to cells  grown in BG-11 only. Similarly, the production of  chlorophyll a, chlorophyll b, total chlorophyll and total  carotenoids was improved in comparison to cells grown only  in BG-11. The results may aid the development of novel  biostimulants that protect crops from climate change due to  higher throughput and shorter study times compared to  traditional plant models.},
      url = {http://arodes.hes-so.ch/record/15269},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy14122854},
}