Due to the present scenario of climate change, plants have to evolve strategies to survive
and perform under a plethora of biotic and abiotic stresses, which restrict plant productivity …

Small heat shock proteins (sHSPs) are an ubiquitous protein family found in archaea,
bacteria and eukaryotes. In plants, as in other organisms, sHSPs are upregulated by stress …

Small heat shock proteins (sHsps) are virtually ubiquitous molecular chaperones that can
prevent the irreversible aggregation of denaturing proteins. sHsps complex with a variety of …

Heat stress has been defined as the rise of temperature for a period of time higher than a
threshold level, thereby permanently affecting the plant growth and development. Day or …

Diets comprising selenium-deficient crops have been linked to immune disorders and
cardiomyopathy. Selenium nanoparticles (SeNPs) have emerged as a promising …

Abiotic stresses usually cause protein dysfunction. Maintaining proteins in their functional
conformations and preventing the aggregation of non-native proteins are particularly …

Plants are highly sensitive to temperature and can perceive a difference of as little as 1° C.
How temperature is sensed and integrated in development is unknown. In a forward genetic …

Beneficial microorganisms are used to stimulate the germination of seeds; however, their
growth-promoting mechanisms remain largely unexplored. Bacillus subtilis is commonly …

Since the publication of the third edition of the Handbook of Plant and Crop Stress,
continuous discoveries in the fields of plant and crop environmental stresses and their …

Acquired tolerance to temperature stresses is a major protective mechanism. Recent
advances have revealed key components of stress signal transduction pathways that trigger …