Soil salinization is an essential environmental stressor, threating agricultural yield and
ecological security worldwide. Saline soils accumulate excessive soluble salts which are …

The growing world population and global increases in the standard of living both result in an
increasing demand for food, feed and other plant‐derived products. In the coming years …

Chloroplasts are the sites of photosynthesis in plants and algae and, by extension, are
essential for most life on Earth. Their maintenance is costly and complex due to the inherent …

Melatonin (MT) functions in removing reactive oxygen species (ROS) and delaying plant
senescence, thereby acting as an antioxidant; however, the molecular mechanism …

Numerous endogenous and environmental signals regulate the intricate and highly
orchestrated process of plant senescence. Ethylene (ET), which accumulates as …

Rice leaf color variation is a morphological phenotype that is valuable in studying plant
metabolism and physiology. Besides, the rice leaf color phenotype can also be utilized in the …

Abscisic acid (ABA) largely promotes leaf senescence and inhibits seed germination in
plants. Endogenous ABA content is finely tuned by many transcription factors. In this study …

Background Plants use escape strategies including premature senescence and leaf
reduction to cope in response to drought stress, which in turn reduces plant leaves and …

Sucrose (Suc) accumulation is one of the key indicators of leaf senescence onset, but little is
known about its regulatory role. Here, we found that application of high (120–150 mM) and …

Nitrogen (N) is an essential macronutrient required for crop productivity, which is the limiting
resource in most of the agricultural soils. External application of nitrogen fertilizers is …