Global food security for a growing population with finite resources is often challenged by
multiple, simultaneously occurring on-farm abiotic stresses (ie, drought, salinity, low and …

Key message 5-aminolevulinic acid (ALA) modulates various defense systems in plants and
confers abiotic stress tolerance. Abstract Enhancement of crop production is a challenge …

Priming is an adaptive strategy that improves plant defenses against biotic and abiotic
stresses. Stimuli from chemicals, abiotic cues, and pathogens can trigger the establishment …

Levulinic acid (LA), a class of important chemical intermediates and new energy chemicals,
has been considered one of the top‐12 platform compounds that can be converted from …

Many microorganisms can produce intracellular and extracellular biopolymers, such as
polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA). Despite PHA's benefits, their widespread at the industrial …

Aminolevulinic acid (ALA) is essential for chlorophyll and heme synthesis. However,
whether heme interacts with ALA to elicit antioxidants in arsenic (As)-exposed plants is still …

Chinese flowering cabbage (Brassica campestris L. ssp. chinensis var. utilis Tsen et Lee) is
a candidate of selenium (Se) accumulator, but it is not clear whether and how preharvest Se …

Heavy metal pollution seriously impairs crop production and poses serious concerns for
human health. Exogenous application of biomolecules has been efficiently tested for …

Saline‐alkali stress (SS) is a common abiotic stress affecting crop cultivation worldwide,
seriously inhibiting plant growth and biomass accumulation. Melatonin has been proven to …

The present experiment was set-up to appraise protective role of ALA in sunflower cultivars
(FH-1581 and FH-1572) under water scarcity stress. The ameliorative role of ALA in …