Brassinosteroids make plant life easier under abiotic stresses mainly by modulating major components of antioxidant defense system

BV Vardhini, NA Anjum - Frontiers in Environmental Science, 2015 - frontiersin.org
Various abiotic stress factors significantly contribute to major worldwide-losses in crop
productivity by mainly impacting plant's stress tolerance/adaptive capacity. The latter is …

Brassinosteroids regulate growth in plants under stressful environments and crosstalk with other potential phytohormones

MA Ahanger, M Ashraf, A Bajguz, P Ahmad - Journal of Plant Growth …, 2018 - Springer
Brassinosteroids (BRs) are an important group of plant steroidal hormones that are actively
involved in a myriad of key growth and developmental processes from germination to …

Employing exogenous melatonin applying confers chilling tolerance in tomato fruits by upregulating ZAT2/6/12 giving rise to promoting endogenous polyamines …

MS Aghdam, Z Luo, A Jannatizadeh, M Sheikh-Assadi… - Food Chemistry, 2019 - Elsevier
In the present study, the mechanisms employed by exogenous melatonin applying for
conferring chilling tolerance in tomato fruits during storage at 4° C for 28 days were …

Effect of 24-epibrassinolide on chilling injury of peach fruit in relation to phenolic and proline metabolisms

H Gao, ZK Zhang, XG Lv, N Cheng, BZ Peng… - Postharvest Biology and …, 2016 - Elsevier
Peach fruit is cold-sensitive and vulnerable to chilling injury (CI) during cold storage, which
limits its edible and market value. Brassinosteroids (BRs) have been used to alleviate CI of …

Recent advances and development of postharvest management research for fresh jujube fruit: A review

JF Dou, XH Kou, CE Wu, GJ Fan, TT Li, XJ Li… - Scientia …, 2023 - Elsevier
Fresh jujube fruit is popular in the food market due to its delicious flavor, crisp texture, and
high nutritional values. However, fresh jujube fruit is susceptible to quality deterioration in …

Effects of 24-epibrassinolide on enzymatic browning and antioxidant activity of fresh-cut lotus root slices

H Gao, HK Chai, N Cheng, W Cao - Food Chemistry, 2017 - Elsevier
Fresh-cut lotus root slices were treated with 80 nM 24-epibrassinolide (EBR) and then stored
at 4° C for 8 days to investigate the effects on cut surface browning. The results showed that …

Inside and beyond color: Comparative overview of functional quality of tomato and watermelon fruits

R Ilahy, I Tlili, MW Siddiqui, C Hdider… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
The quali-quantitative evaluation and the improvement of the levels of plant bioactive
secondary metabolites are increasingly gaining consideration by growers, breeders and …

Effects of brassinosteroids on quality attributes and ethylene synthesis in postharvest tomato fruit

T Zhu, WR Tan, XG Deng, T Zheng, DW Zhang… - Postharvest Biology and …, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract Effects of brassinosteroids (BRs) on postharvest ripening of tomato fruit were
studied in this work. Mature green tomato fruit were harvested and treated with brassinolide …

Heat shock proteins as biochemical markers for postharvest chilling stress in fruits and vegetables

MS Aghdam, L Sevillano, FB Flores, S Bodbodak - Scientia Horticulturae, 2013 - Elsevier
Fresh fruits and vegetables have a short postharvest life and are prone to postharvest losses
due to mechanical injury, physiological causes and decay. Low temperature storage (LTS) is …

Understanding brassinosteroid-regulated mechanisms to improve stress tolerance in plants: a critical review

F Nawaz, M Naeem, B Zulfiqar, A Akram… - … Science and Pollution …, 2017 - Springer
Brassinosteroids (BRs) are steroidal plant hormones involved in regulation of physiological
and molecular processes to ameliorate various biotic and abiotic stresses. Exogenous …