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 …

Practical applications of brassinosteroids in horticulture—some field perspectives

B Ali - Scientia Horticulturae, 2017 - Elsevier
Brassinosteroids (BS) are a class of polyhydroxylated steroidal plant hormones. They are of
ubiquitous occurrence in plant kingdom and are implicated in a wide range of physiological …

Physiological mechanism of enhancing salt stress tolerance of perennial ryegrass by 24-epibrassinolide

W Wu, Q Zhang, EH Ervin, Z Yang… - Frontiers in plant …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Brassinosteroids (BR) regulate plant tolerance to salt stress but the mechanisms underlying
are not fully understood. This study was to investigate physiological mechanisms of 24 …

A novel functional gene associated with cold tolerance at the seedling stage in rice

J Zhao, S Zhang, J Dong, T Yang, X Mao… - Plant biotechnology …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Identification and cloning of cold‐tolerant genes that can stably express under different cold
environments are crucial for molecular rice breeding for cold tolerance. In the previous …

24-epibrassinolide stimulates imidacloprid detoxification by modulating the gene expression of Brassica juncea L

A Sharma, S Thakur, V Kumar, AK Kesavan… - BMC plant biology, 2017 - Springer
Background Pesticides cause oxidative stress to plants and their residues persist in plant
parts, which are a major concern for the environment as well as human health …

[HTML][HTML] Epibrassinolide reverses the stress generated by combination of excess aluminum and salt in two wheat cultivars through altered proline metabolism and …

M Yusuf, Q Fariduddin, TA Khan, S Hayat - South African journal of botany, 2017 - Elsevier
This study was conducted to unravel the EBL mediated changes on the enzymes of proline
metabolism under combined stress of aluminum and salt through varied mode of …

Brassinolide alleviates the drought-induced adverse effects in barley by modulation of enzymatic antioxidants and ultrastructure

MB Gill, K Cai, G Zhang, F Zeng - Plant Growth Regulation, 2017 - Springer
In the present study, possible role of exogenously applied brassinolide (BL) in alleviating the
detrimental effects of polyethylene glycol (PEG)-inducted drought stress in barley was …

Ameliorating imidacloprid induced oxidative stress by 24-epibrassinolide in Brassica juncea L.

A Sharma, V Kumar, MK Kanwar, AK Thukral… - Russian Journal of Plant …, 2017 - Springer
Pesticide toxicity causes oxidative stress to plants by generating reactive oxygen species
(ROS). The aim of the present study was to observe the role of 24-epibrassinolide (24-EBL) …

Effect of ellagic acid on growth and physiology of canola (Brassica napus L.) under saline conditions

A Khan, S Nazar, I Lang, H Nawaz… - Journal of plant …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Salinity stress is limiting growth and productivity of plants in many areas of the world. Plants
adopted different strategies to minimize the effect of salt stress. A pot experiment was …

Transcriptional regulation of hormone‐synthesis and signaling pathways by overexpressing cytokinin‐synthesis contributes to improved drought tolerance in creeping …

Y Xu, P Burgess, B Huang - Physiologia Plantarum, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The objective of this study was to investigate transcriptomic changes and molecular factors
regulated by cytokinins that may contribute to improved drought tolerance in creeping …