Background Enhancement of crop productivity under various abiotic stresses is a major
objective of agronomic research. Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) as one of the world's staple …

Background Wheat is a major crop in the world, and the high temperature stress can reduce
the yield of wheat by as much as 15%. The molecular changes in response to heat stress …

Environmental stress affects growth and development of crops, and reduces yield and
quality of crops. To cope with environmental stressors, plants have sophisticated defense …

For many commercial potato cultivars, tuber yield is optimal at average daytime
temperatures in the range of 14–22° C. Further rises in ambient temperature can reduce or …

The Hsp20 genes represent the most abundant small heat shock proteins (sHSPs) in plants.
Hsp20 gene family has been shown to be involved in preventing heat shock and promoting …

Wheat breeding nowadays must address producers and consumers' desire. According to the
last FAO report, a dramatic decrease in wheat production is expected in the next decades …

Background Members of the heat shock protein 90 (Hsp90) class of proteins are
evolutionarily conserved molecular chaperones. They are involved in protein folding …

Members of the family of 70-kD heat shock proteins (HSP70 s) play various stress-protective
roles in plants. In this study, a wheat HSP70 gene was isolated from a suppression …

We have studied the relationship between thermotolerance and heat-shock protein (HSP)
expression in potato (Solanum tuberosum L.), analyzing two reported heat sensitive cultivars …

Heat shock factors (Hsfs) play a central regulatory role in acquired thermotolerance. To
understand the role of the major molecular players in wheat adaptation to heat stress, the …