Natural and anthropogenic causes are continually growing sources of metals in the
ecosystem; hence, heavy metal (HM) accumulation has become a primary environmental …

Secondary metabolites in plants have been recognized as a novel basis of potential bio-
pesticides, paving the way for their use in sustainable agriculture. Plant secondary …

Recent years have witnessed a gradual increase in the bioavailability and groundwater
leaching of toxic heavy metals (HMs) in the environment, driven mainly by anthropogenic …

The recent advancements in sequencing technologies and informatic tools promoted a
paradigm shift to decipher the hidden biological mysteries and transformed the biological …

Increasing biotic and abiotic stresses are seriously impeding the growth and yield of staple
crops and threatening global food security. As one of the largest classes of regulators in …

Plants are vulnerable to the challenges of unstable environments and pathogen infections
due to their immobility. Among various stress conditions, viral infection is a major threat that …

Abstract Background Liriodendron chinense (Lchi) is a tree species within the Magnoliaceae
family and is considered a basal angiosperm. The too low or high temperature or soil …

The WRKY gene family is an important inducible regulatory factor in plants, which has been
extensively studied in many model plants. It has progressively become the focus of …

WRKY transcription factors present unusual research value because of their critical roles in
plant physiological processes and stress responses. Taraxacum kok-saghyz Rodin (TKS) is …

Camptothecin is a chemotherapeutic drug widely used to treat various cancers. Ophiorrhiza
pumila is an ideal plant model for the study of camptothecin production, with various …