Scientific interest :
Mechanisms of plant adaptation under heavy metal stress (accumulation of metal chelating ligands; oxidative stress; localization of metals at tissue, cellular and subcellular levels). Morphological, physiological and genetic differences between plant populations from metal-contaminated and non-contaminated sites. Phytoremediation.
Recent publications:
Thijs S., Vasilev A., Wójcik M., Vangronsveld J. 2020. Phytomanagement of pollutants in soil and groundwater. In: Soil and Groundwater Remediation Technologies. A Practical Guide. Ok Y. S., Rinklebe J., Hou D., Tsang D. C.W., Tack F. M. G. (eds), CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, Boca Raton, FL, pp. 131-151
Oleńska E., Małek W., Wójcik M., Swiecicka I., Thijs S., Vangronsveld J. 2020. Beneficial features of plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria for improving plant growth and health in challenging conditions: A methodical review. Science of the Total Environment 743, 140682
Oleńska E. , Imperato V., Małek W., Włostowski T., Wójcik M., Swiecicka I., Vangronsveld J., Thijs S. 2020. Trifolium repens-associated bacteria as a potential tool to facilitate phytostabilization of zinc and lead polluted waste heaps. Plants 9, 1002
Hendrix S., Jozefczak M., Wójcik M., Deckers J., Vangronsveld J., Cuypers A. 2020. Glutathione: A key player in metal chelation, nutrient homeostasis, cell cycle regulation and the DNA damage response in cadmium-exposed Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry 154, 498-507
Rabêlo F.H.S., Gaziola S.A., Lanzoni Rossi M., Silveira N.M., Wójcik M., Bajguz A., Piotrowska-Niczyporuk A., Lavres J., Linhares F.S., Azevedo R.A., Vangronsveld J., Alleoni L.R.F. 2020. Unravelling the mechanisms controlling Cd accumulation and Cd-tolerance in Brachiaria decumbens and Panicum maximum under summer and winter weather conditions. Physiologia Plantarum DOI: 10.1111/ppl.13160
Sugier D., Olesińska K., Sugier P., Wójcik M. 2019. Chemical composition of essential oil from flower heads of Arnica chamissonis Less. under a nitrogen impact. Molecules 24, 4454
Hawrylak-Nowak B., Hasanuzzaman M., Wójcik M. 2019. Biostimulation and biofortification of crop plants – new challenges for modern agriculture (Editorial). Acta Agrobotanica 72(2), 1777
Wójcik M., Gonnelli C., Selvi F., Dresler S., Rostański A., Vangronsveld J. 2017. Metallophytes of serpentine and calamine soils – their unique ecophysiology and potential for phytoremediation. Advances in Botanical Research 83, 1-42
Dresler S., Wójciak-Kosior M., Sowa I., Stanisławski G., Bany I., Wójcik M. 2017. Effect of short-term Zn/Pb or long-term multi-metal stress on physiological and morphological parameters of metallicolous and nonmetallicolous Echium vulgare L. populations. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry 115, 380-389
Dresler S., Bednarek W., Hawrylak-Nowak B., Wójcik M. 2017. Morphometric and phytochemical profile of seeds of metallicolous and nonmetallicolous Echium vulgare populations. Biochemical Systematics and Ecology 70, 304-310
Dresler S., Szymczak G., Wójcik M. 2017. Comparison of some secondary metabolites content in the seventeen species of the Boraginaceae family. Pharmaceutical Biology 55 (1), 691-695
Dresler S., Rutkowska E., Bednarek W., Stanisławski G., Kubrak T., Bogucka-Kocka A., Wójcik M. 2017. Selected secondary metabolites and composition of seed fatty acids in Echium vulgare L. populations from nonmetalliferous and metalliferous areas. Phytochemistry 133, 4-14
Dresler S., Kubrak T., Rutkowska E., Gagoś M., Bogucka-Kocka A., Świeboda R., Wójcik M. 2016. Comparison of analytical methods in chemometric fingerprinting of metallicolous and non-metallicolous populations of Echium vulgare L. Phytochemical Analysis 27, 239-248
Hanaka A., Wójcik M., Dresler S., Mroczek-Zdyrska M., Maksymiec W. 2016. Does methyl jasmonate modify the oxidative stress response in Phaseolus coccineus treated with Cu? Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety 124, 480-488
Wójcik M., Dresler S., Sugier P., Stanisławski G., Hanaka A., Krupa Z., Tukiendorf A. 2015. Roślinność spontanicznie zasiedlająca składowiska odpadów cynkowo-ołowiowych – różnorodność gatunkowa oraz mechanizmy adaptacji. W: „Różnorodność biologiczna – od komórki do ekosystemu”, Bajguz A., Ciereszko I. (red.), Polskie Towarzystwo Botaniczne, Białystok, 51-62
Wójcik M., Dresler S., Plak A., Tukiendorf A. 2015. Naturally evolved enhanced Cd-tolerance of Dianthus carthusianorum L. is not related to accumulation of thiol peptides and organic acids. Environmental Science and Pollution Research 22, 7906-7917
Wójcik M., Dresler S., Tukiendorf A. 2015. Physiological mechanisms of adaptation of Dianthus carthusianorum L. to growth on a Zn-Pb waste deposit – the case of chronic multi-metal and acute Zn stress. Plant and Soil 390, 237-250
Dresler S., Tyrka M., Szeliga M., Ciura J., Wielbo J., Wójcik M. 2015. Increased genetic diversity in the populations of Echium vulgare L. colonizing Zn-Pb waste heaps. Biochemical Systematics and Ecology 60, 28-36
Dresler S., Wójcik M., Bednarek W., Hanaka A., Tukiendorf A. 2015. The effect of various silicon concentrations on maize growth and the response to cadmium stress, Russian Journal of Plant Physiology 62 (1), 86-92
Wójcik M., Sugier P., Siebielec G. 2014. Metal accumulation strategies in plants spontaneously inhabiting Zn-Pb waste deposits, Science of the Total Environment 487, 313-322
Wójcik M., Tukiendorf A. 2014. Accumulation and tolerance of lead in two contrasting ecotypes of Dianthus carthusianorum, Phytochemistry 100, 60-65
Dresler S., Bednarek W., Wójcik M. 2014. Effect of cadmium on selected physiological and morphological parameters in metallicolous and non-metallicolous populations of Echium vulgare. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety 104, 332-338
Hawrylak-Nowak G., Dresler S., Wójcik M. 2014. Selenium affects physiological parameters and phytochelatins accumulation in cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) plants grown under cadmium exposure. Scientia Horticulturae 172, 10-18
Wójcik M., Dresler S., Jawor E., Kowalczyk K., Tukiendorf A. 2013. Morphological, physiological, and genetic variation between metallicolous and nonmetallicolous populations of Dianthus carthusianorum. Chemosphere 90, 1249-1257