Research Interests

• Transport of solutes across plant membranes under normal and stress conditions and the effect of aging on these processes.

Research Projects for M.Sc.

• The effect of salinity on solute transport through plant membranes
• The effect of CO₂ enrichment on solute transport through plant membranes

Recent Publications:

• Mittova V., Tal M., Volokita M. & Guy M. Upregulation of the leaf mitochondrial and peroxisomal antioxidative systems in response to salt-induced oxidative stress in the wild salt-tolerant tomato species Lycopersicon pennellii. Plant Cell and Environment 26: 845-856, 2003
• Mittova V., Guy M., Tal M. & Volokita M. Response of the cultivated tomato and its wild salt-tolerant relative Lycopersicon pennellii to salt-dependent oxidative stress: upregulation of the antioxidant system in root plastids of L. pennellii. Free Radicals Research 36: 195 - 202 , 2002
• Mittova V., Tal M., Volokita M. & Guy M. Salt-stress induces upregulation of an efficient chloroplast antioxidant system in the salt-tolerant wild tomato species lycopersicon pennellii but not in the cultivated species. Physiologia Plantarum 115: 393 - 400, 2002
• Mittova V., Volokita M., Guy M. & Tal M. Activities of SOD and the ascorbate-glutathione cycle enzymes in subcellular compartments in leaves and roots of the cultivated tomato and its wild salt tolerant relative Lycopersicon pennellii. Physiologia Plantarum 110: 42- 51, 2000
• Guy, M. & Volokita, M. Inhibition of glucose transport by phenylglyoxal: Both dissipation of pH and essential arginyl residues are involved. Physiologia Plantarum 102: 250-256, 1999