Salt stress is one of the major environmental stresses limiting plant growth and productivity.
To adapt to salt stress, plants have developed various strategies to integrate exogenous …

Salicylic acid (SA) is a key plant hormone that mediates host responses against microbial
pathogens. Identification and characterization of SA-interacting/binding proteins is a topic …

Background NPR1, nonexpressor of pathogenesis-related gene 1, is a master regulator
involved in plant defense response to pathogens, and its regulatory mechanism in the …

Increasing global population, urbanization and industrialization are increasing the rate of
conversion of arable land into wasteland. Supplying food to an ever-increasing population is …

SOD 是生物体内超氧阴离子自由基的清除剂, 有效地防止它们对生物体的损害,
几乎参与了生物体对各种逆境的生理生化反应, 是生物体内一种很重要的抗氧化酶类 …

Biotic and abiotic stresses impose a serious limitation on crop productivity worldwide. Prior
or simultaneous exposure to one type of stress often affects the plant response to other …

Rice is an important staple crop as it feeds about a half of the earth's population. It is known
to be sensitive to a range of abiotic stresses which result in significant decline in crop …

Drought is a major environmental stress that limits growth and development of cool-season
annual grasses. Drought transcriptional profiles of resistant and susceptible lines were …

In living organisms production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) is counterbalanced by their
elimination and/or prevention of formation which in concert can typically maintain a steady …

Abstract The NPR1 (NONEXPRESSOR OF PATHOGENESIS RELATED GENES1) gene has
a central role in the long-lasting, broad-spectrum defense response known as systemic …