Abiotic and biotic stresses affect plant physiology and growth. The development of
metabolomics, along with other-omics technologies, allowed in depth analysis of the …

Plants continuously encounter various environmental stresses and use qualitative and
quantitative measures to resist pathogen attack. Qualitative stress responses, based on …

Highlights•Plants are considered to biosynthesize specialized metabolites to adapt to
environmental stresses.•The function of metabolites induced by abiotic stress in vivo is …

Plants often experience various biotic and abiotic stresses during their life cycle. The abiotic
stresses include mainly drought, salt, temperature (low/high), flooding and nutritional …

Plant secondary metabolites are unique sources for pharmaceuticals, food additives, flavors,
and industrially important biochemicals. Accumulation of such metabolites often occurs in …

In agro-ecosystem, plant pathogens hamper food quality, crop yield, and global food
security. Manipulation of naturally occurring defense mechanisms in host plants is an …

Plants are rich repository of a large number of chemical compounds collectively referred to
as specialized metabolites. These compounds are of importance for adaptive processes …

The post-genomic era has witnessed several new possibilities to understand diverse
functional aspects of plants quite precisely. From genomics to metabolomics and now …

Toxic trace metals are ecotoxic due to their high bioaccumulation and toxicity, acting as
abiotic stress agents, causing oxidative damage to the plant cells. Plants can recognize …

Covering: 2015–2022 Plants and microbes have coevolved since their appearance, and
their interactions, to some extent, define plant health. A reasonable fraction of small …