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Nanofertilizer use for sustainable agriculture: Advantages and limitations by Zulfiqar, Faisal, Navarro, Míriam, Ashraf, Muhammad, Akram, Nudrat Aisha, Munné-Bosch, Sergi

“…•Nanofertilizers are emerging as a promising alternative to chemical fertilizers in agriculture.•Nanofertilizers may exert a positive role through slow…”
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Sucrose signaling in higher plants by Yoon, Jinmi, Cho, Lae-Hyeon, Tun, Win, Jeon, Jong-Seong, An, Gynheung

“…•Sugars control many developmental and metabolic processes in plants.•We critically evaluated whether some of these responses are preferential to sucrose over…”
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An overview of plant-based natural biostimulants for sustainable horticulture with a particular focus on moringa leaf extracts by Zulfiqar, Faisal, Casadesús, Andrea, Brockman, Henry, Munné-Bosch, Sergi

“…•Natural plant biostimulants are important in sustainable horticulture production systems.•Various plant-derived biostimulants, including moringa leaf…”
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Review on nitric oxide at the forefront of rapid systemic signaling in mitigation of salinity stress in plants: Crosstalk with calcium and hydrogen peroxide by Mariyam, Safoora, Bhardwaj, Renu, Khan, Nafees A., Sahi, Shivendra V., Seth, Chandra Shekhar

“…Soil salinity is a global issue that limits plant growth in agricultural fields and contributes to food crisis. Salt stressors impede plant's ionic, osmotic,…”
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Advances in biosynthesis, regulation, and metabolic engineering of plant specialized terpenoids by Nagegowda, Dinesh A., Gupta, Priyanka

“…•This review summarizes recent progress in research on plant specialized terpenoids.•This includes formation of universal precursors and different classes of…”
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High-throughput phenotyping for crop improvement in the genomics era by Mir, Reyazul Rouf, Reynolds, Mathew, Pinto, Francisco, Khan, Mohd Anwar, Bhat, Mohd Ashraf

“…•Importance of phenomics in view of the genomics revolution and ways to alleviate the phenomics bottleneck.•Summary of phenomics initiatives and platforms…”
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Apple NAC transcription factor MdNAC52 regulates biosynthesis of anthocyanin and proanthocyanidin through MdMYB9 and MdMYB11 by Sun, Qingguo, Jiang, Shenghui, Zhang, Tianliang, Xu, Haifeng, Fang, Hongcheng, Zhang, Jing, Su, Mengyu, Wang, Yicheng, Zhang, Zongying, Wang, Nan, Chen, Xuesen

“…•An apple NAC protein, MdNAC52, is involved in regulating the flavonoid pathway.•MdHY5 targets MdNAC52 to regulate anthocyanin accumulation.•MdNAC52 promotes…”
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CRISPR/Cas9 targeted mutagenesis of SlLBD40, a lateral organ boundaries domain transcription factor, enhances drought tolerance in tomato by Liu, Lun, Zhang, Jialong, Xu, Jiayi, Li, Yafei, Guo, Luqin, Wang, Zhirong, Zhang, Xichun, Zhao, Bing, Guo, Yang-Dong, Zhang, Na

“…•SlLBD40 belongs to subfamily II of the LBD family of genes in tomato and was highly expressed in roots and fruit.•SlLBD40 showed an early response to PEG and…”
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MYB4 transcription factor, a member of R2R3-subfamily of MYB domain protein, regulates cadmium tolerance via enhanced protection against oxidative damage and increases expression of PCS1 and MT1C in Arabidopsis by Agarwal, Puja, Mitra, Mehali, Banerjee, Samrat, Roy, Sujit

“…•MYB4 regulates Cd-tolerance via anti-oxidant defense and GSH-dependent pathway.•MYB4 overexpression results in appreciable Cd tolerance than wild-type…”
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The evolution of drought escape and avoidance in natural herbaceous populations by Kooyers, Nicholas J.

“…•Plants resist drought through drought escape, avoidance, and tolerance strategies.•Many minor-effect genes control variation in drought escape and…”
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Melatonin confers plant tolerance against cadmium stress via the decrease of cadmium accumulation and reestablishment of microRNA-mediated redox homeostasis by Gu, Quan, Chen, Ziping, Yu, Xiuli, Cui, Weiti, Pan, Jincheng, Zhao, Gan, Xu, Sheng, Wang, Ren, Shen, Wenbiao

“…•Cd induced melatonin production in alfalfa and Arabidopsis seedling roots.•Transgenic Arabidopsis lines overexpressing alfalfa SNAT (MsSNAT) exhibited…”
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MicroRNA156 improves drought stress tolerance in alfalfa (Medicago sativa) by silencing SPL13 by Arshad, Muhammad, Feyissa, Biruk A., Amyot, Lisa, Aung, Banyar, Hannoufa, Abdelali

“…•Overexpression of microRNA156 alters a variety of physiological responses of alfalfa to drought.•MicroRNA156 induces and supresses expression of positive and…”
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Hydrogen sulfide: Roles in plant abiotic stress response and crosstalk with other signals by Huang, Dengjing, Huo, Jianqiang, Liao, Weibiao

“…•H2S donors are important tools to explore the roles of H2S in plants.•H2S enhances plant stress tolerance by regulating Na+/K+ homeostasis.•Antioxidant…”
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Emerging microbial biocontrol strategies for plant pathogens by Syed Ab Rahman, Sharifah Farhana, Singh, Eugenie, Pieterse, Corné M.J., Schenk, Peer M.

“…•Food Security is at risk by an increasing world population and a growing number of crop pathogens.•Biological control options emerge as promising alternatives…”
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Molecular components associated with the regulation of flavonoid biosynthesis by Naik, Jogindra, Misra, Prashant, Trivedi, Prabodh Kumar, Pandey, Ashutosh

“…•Flavonoid biosynthesis pathway has evolved to produce an array of metabolites which led to their structural and functional diversity.•Plant defense hormones…”
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Opinion: Taking phytoremediation from proven technology to accepted practice by Gerhardt, Karen E., Gerwing, Perry D., Greenberg, Bruce M.

“…•Phytoremediation can effectively remediate soil impacted with PHC, salt and metals.•There are numerous ways to increase phytoremediation efficiency, including…”
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Heavy metal hyperaccumulating plants: How and why do they do it? And what makes them so interesting? by Rascio, Nicoletta, Navari-Izzo, Flavia

“…▶ Hyperaccumulators concentrate heavy metals in leaves. ▶ Constitutive overexpressed genes are involved in heavy metal hyperaccumulation. ▶ Heavy metal…”
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A rapid monitoring of NDVI across the wheat growth cycle for grain yield prediction using a multi-spectral UAV platform by Hassan, Muhammad Adeel, Yang, Mengjiao, Rasheed, Awais, Yang, Guijun, Reynolds, Matthew, Xia, Xianchun, Xiao, Yonggui, He, Zhonghu

“…•An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) was optimized and used for non-destructive high-throughput phenotyping of NDVI.•UAV-NDVI measurements were highly consistent…”
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Review on interactions between nanomaterials and phytohormones: Novel perspectives and opportunities for mitigating environmental challenges by Kumar, Dharmendra, Singh, Ritu, Upadhyay, Sudhir K., Verma, Krishan K., Tripathi, Ravi Mani, Liu, Haitao, Dhankher, Om Parkash, Tripathi, Rudra Deo, Sahi, Shivendra V., Seth, Chandra Shekhar

“…Nanotechnology offers the potential to provide innovative solutions for sustainable crop production as plants are exposed to a combination of climate change…”
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OsNCED5, a 9-cis-epoxycarotenoid dioxygenase gene, regulates salt and water stress tolerance and leaf senescence in rice by Huang, Yuan, Jiao, Yang, Xie, Ningkun, Guo, Yiming, Zhang, Feng, Xiang, Zhipan, Wang, Rong, Wang, Feng, Gao, Qinmei, Tian, Lianfu, Li, Dongping, Chen, Liangbi, Liang, Manzhong

“…•OsNCED5 regulates tolerance to water stress and regulates leaf senescence in rice.•It promotes plant development and stress resistance by controlling ABA…”
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