Search Results - "Plant, cell and environment"

Osmotic adjustment is a prime drought stress adaptive engine in support of plant production by Blum, Abraham

“…Osmotic adjustment (OA) and cellular compatible solute accumulation are widely recognized to have a role in plant adaptation to dehydration mainly through…”
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Cytokinin action in response to abiotic and biotic stresses in plants by Cortleven, Anne, Leuendorf, Jan Erik, Frank, Manuel, Pezzetta, Daniela, Bolt, Sylvia, Schmülling, Thomas

“…The phytohormone cytokinin was originally discovered as a regulator of cell division. Later, it was described to be involved in regulating numerous processes…”
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Plant heat stress: Concepts directing future research by Jagadish, S.V. Krishna, Way, Danielle A., Sharkey, Thomas D.

“…Predicted increases in future global temperatures require us to better understand the dimensions of heat stress experienced by plants. Here we highlight four…”
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Legume nodulation: The host controls the party by Ferguson, Brett J., Mens, Céline, Hastwell, April H., Zhang, Mengbai, Su, Huanan, Jones, Candice H., Chu, Xitong, Gresshoff, Peter M.

“…Global demand to increase food production and simultaneously reduce synthetic nitrogen fertilizer inputs in agriculture are underpinning the need to intensify…”
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Plant volatiles as cues and signals in plant communication by Ninkovic, Velemir, Markovic, Dimitrije, Rensing, Merlin

“…Volatile organic compounds are important mediators of mutualistic interactions between plants and their physical and biological surroundings. Volatiles rapidly…”
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Light acts as a stressor and influences abiotic and biotic stress responses in plants by Roeber, Venja M., Bajaj, Ishita, Rohde, Mareike, Schmülling, Thomas, Cortleven, Anne

“…Light is important for plants as an energy source and a developmental signal, but it can also cause stress to plants and modulates responses to stress. Excess…”
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Vacuolar compartmentalization as indispensable component of heavy metal detoxification in plants by Sharma, Shanti S., Dietz, Karl‐Josef, Mimura, Tetsuro

“…Plant cells orchestrate an array of molecular mechanisms for maintaining plasmatic concentrations of essential heavy metal (HM) ions, for example, iron, zinc…”
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The ubiquitin‐proteasome system in plant responses to environments by Xu, Fa‐Qing, Xue, Hong‐Wei

“…The ubiquitin‐proteasome system (UPS) is a rapid regulatory mechanism for selective protein degradation in plants and plays crucial roles in growth and…”
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Root exudate signals in plant–plant interactions by Wang, Nan‐Qi, Kong, Chui‐Hua, Wang, Peng, Meiners, Scott J.

“…Plant‐to‐plant signalling is a key mediator of interactions among plant species. Plants can perceive and respond to chemical cues emitted from their…”
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Predicting stomatal responses to the environment from the optimization of photosynthetic gain and hydraulic cost by Sperry, John S., Venturas, Martin D., Anderegg, William R. L., Mencuccini, Maurizio, Mackay, D. Scott, Wang, Yujie, Love, David M.

“…Stomatal regulation presumably evolved to optimize CO2 for H2O exchange in response to changing conditions. If the optimization criterion can be readily…”
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Climate resilient crops for improving global food security and safety by Dhankher, Om Parkash, Foyer, Christine H.

“…Food security and the protection of the environment are urgent issues for global society, particularly with the uncertainties of climate change. Changing…”
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Ultraviolet‐C priming of strawberry leaves against subsequent Mycosphaerella fragariae infection involves the action of reactive oxygen species, plant hormones, and terpenes by Xu, Yanqun, Charles, Marie Thérèse, Luo, Zisheng, Mimee, Benjamin, Tong, Zhichao, Véronneau, Pierre‐Yves, Roussel, Dominique, Rolland, Daniel

“…Ultraviolet‐C (UV‐C) radiation has been reported to induce defence responses to pathogens in growing crops and described as a new environmentally friendly…”
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How do trees die? A test of the hydraulic failure and carbon starvation hypotheses by SEVANTO, SANNA, MCDOWELL, NATE G., DICKMAN, L. TURIN, PANGLE, ROBERT, POCKMAN, WILLIAM T.

“…Despite decades of research on plant drought tolerance, the physiological mechanisms by which trees succumb to drought are still under debate. We report…”
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The B‐box zinc finger protein MdBBX20 integrates anthocyanin accumulation in response to ultraviolet radiation and low temperature by Fang, Hongcheng, Dong, Yuhui, Yue, Xuanxuan, Hu, Jiafei, Jiang, Shenghui, Xu, Haifeng, Wang, Yicheng, Su, Mengyu, Zhang, Jing, Zhang, Zongying, Wang, Nan, Chen, Xuesen

“…Ultraviolet‐B (UV‐B) radiation and low temperature promote the accumulation of anthocyanins, which give apple skins their red colour. Although many…”
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An ecophysiological and developmental perspective on variation in vessel diameter by Hacke, Uwe G., Spicer, Rachel, Schreiber, Stefan G., Plavcová, Lenka

“…Variation in xylem vessel diameter is one of the most important parameters when evaluating plant water relations. This review provides a synthesis of the…”
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Mechanisms of waterlogging tolerance in wheat – a review of root and shoot physiology by Herzog, Max, Striker, Gustavo G., Colmer, Timothy D., Pedersen, Ole

“…We review the detrimental effects of waterlogging on physiology, growth and yield of wheat. We highlight traits contributing to waterlogging tolerance and…”
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Strigolactones in plant adaptation to abiotic stresses: An emerging avenue of plant research by Mostofa, Mohammad Golam, Li, Weiqiang, Nguyen, Kien Huu, Fujita, Masayuki, Tran, Lam‐Son Phan

“…Phytohormones play central roles in boosting plant tolerance to environmental stresses, which negatively affect plant productivity and threaten future food…”
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Dividing the pie: A quantitative review on plant density responses by Postma, Johannes A., Hecht, Vera L., Hikosaka, Kouki, Nord, Eric A., Pons, Thijs L., Poorter, Hendrik

“…Plant population density is an important variable in agronomy and forestry and offers an experimental way to better understand plant–plant competition. We made…”
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Autophagy and its role in plant abiotic stress management by Avin‐Wittenberg, Tamar

“…Being unable to move, plants are regularly exposed to changing environmental conditions, among which various types of abiotic stress, such as heat, drought,…”
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Variation of DNA methylation patterns associated with gene expression in rice (Oryza sativa) exposed to cadmium by Feng, Sheng Jun, Liu, Xue Song, Tao, Hua, Tan, Shang Kun, Chu, Shan Shan, Oono, Youko, Zhang, Xian Duo, Chen, Jian, Yang, Zhi Min

“…We report genome‐wide single‐base resolution maps of methylated cytosines and transcriptome change in Cd‐exposed rice. Widespread differences were identified…”
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