Key message We summarize recent studies focusing on the molecular basis of plant heat
stress response (HSR), how HSR leads to thermotolerance, and promote plant adaptation to …

Soil salinity is a major abiotic stress that limits plant growth and agriculture productivity. To
cope with salt stress, plants have evolved complex salt-responsive signaling and metabolic …

This new edition provides current information on the nutritional requirements of world crops.
It presents research on the acquisition, accumulation, transport, and functions of chemical …

Pollen tubes grow rapidly by very fast rates and reach extended lengths to bring about
fertilization during plant reproduction. The pollen tube grows exclusively at its tip …

Cytosolic calcium signaling is critical for regulating downstream responses in plants
encountering unfavorable environmental conditions. In a genetic screen for Arabidopsis …

Plants have evolved stress-sensing machineries that initiate rapid adaptive environmental
stress responses. Cytosolic calcium ion (Ca 2+) is the most prominent second messenger …

OsANN1 is a member of the annexin protein family in rice. The function of this protein and
the mechanisms of its involvement in stress responses and stress tolerance are largely …

Salinity (NaCl) stress impairs plant growth and inflicts severe crop losses. In roots,
increasing extracellular NaCl causes Ca2+ influx to elevate cytosolic free Ca2+ ([Ca2+] cyt) …

Plant cell growth and stress signaling require Ca2+ influx through plasma membrane
transport proteins that are regulated by reactive oxygen species. In root cell growth …

Annexins are small proteins capable of membrane attachment or insertion. Animal annexins
can form Ca 2+-permeable conductances in planar lipid bilayers or vesicles. Some have …