Esa Tyystjärvi
FT, Docent
esatyy@utu.fi +358 29 450 4202 +358 50 438 2766 Itäinen Pitkäkatu 4 C Turku ORCID identifier: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6808-7470 |
automatic plant identification; chlorophyll fluorescence; drones; photoinhibition; photosynthesis; photosystem II; plastoquinone; precision agriculture
Researcher and teacher in University of Turku, departments of Biology and Biochemistry, since 1989.
My basic research focuses on the light reactions of photosynthesis, and photoinhibition of Photosystem II has long been my favorite topic. Recently I have also worked with plastoquinone. I have been active in use and development of various biophysical research methods, including chlorophyll fluorescence and thermoluminescence. In addition to basic research, I have applied research on automatic identification of agricultural plants and weeds with various methods including chlorophyll fluorescence and drone photography. I have also worked on the practical use of algae in wastewater purification.
I teach both basic plant biology and biochemistry and advanced courses of plant biology and biophysics.
- Arabidopsis RCD1 coordinates chloroplast and mitochondrial functions through interaction with ANAC transcription factors (2019)
- eLifePlant and Cell Physiology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Automatic detection of cereal rows by means of pattern recognition techniquesPhotoinhibition and continuous growth of the wild-type and a high-light tolerant strain of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii (2019)
- Computers and Electronics in Agriculture
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Group 2 Sigma Factors Are Central Regulators of Oxidative Stress Acclimation in Cyanobacteria (2019)
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - (2019)
- Photosynthetica
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Physiological and compensatory growth responses of Jatropha curcas (L.) seedlings to simulated herbivory and drought stress (2019)
- South African Journal of Botany
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - 2019
- Physiologia PlantarumAoB PLANTS
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - (2018)
- Plant CellScientific Reports
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Degradation of chlorophyll and synthesis of flavonols during autumn senescence-the story told by individual leaves (2018)
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Inactivation of group 2 sigma factors upregulates production of transcription and translation machineries in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp PCC 6803 (2018)
- Scientific Reports
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Photosystem-II D1 protein mutants of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii in relation to metabolic rewiring and remodelling of H-bond network at Q(B) site (2018)
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)



