Biofortification of major crop plants with iron and zinc-achievements and future directions

JCR Stangoulis, M Knez - Plant and Soil, 2022 - Springer
Biofortification is a long-term strategy of delivering more iron (Fe) and zinc (Zn) to those most
in need. Plant breeding programs within the CGIAR and NARS have made major advances …

Molecular markers improve abiotic stress tolerance in crops: a review

A Younis, F Ramzan, Y Ramzan, F Zulfiqar, M Ahsan… - Plants, 2020 - mdpi.com
Plants endure many abiotic stresses, such as temperature (heat or frost), drought, and salt.
Such factors are primary and frequent stressors that reduce agriculture crop yields. Often …

Bacillus amyloliquefaciens Confers Tolerance to Various Abiotic Stresses and Modulates Plant Response to Phytohormones through Osmoprotection and Gene …

S Tiwari, V Prasad, PS Chauhan, C Lata - Frontiers in Plant Science, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Being sessile in nature, plants have to withstand various adverse environmental stress
conditions including both biotic and abiotic stresses. Comparatively, abiotic stresses such as …

Plant group II LEA proteins: intrinsically disordered structure for multiple functions in response to environmental stresses

M Abdul Aziz, M Sabeem, SK Mullath, F Brini… - Biomolecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
In response to various environmental stresses, plants have evolved a wide range of defense
mechanisms, resulting in the overexpression of a series of stress-responsive genes. Among …

Morphological, proteomic and metabolomic insight into the effect of cerium dioxide nanoparticles to Phaseolus vulgaris L. under soil or foliar application

H Salehi, A Chehregani, L Lucini, A Majd… - Science of the Total …, 2018 - Elsevier
Chemically synthesized nanoparticles (NPs) are widely used in industry and concern over
their impact on the environment is rising. In this study, greenhouse grown bean (Phaseolus …

Group II late embryogenesis abundant (LEA) proteins: structural and functional aspects in plant abiotic stress

A Banerjee, A Roychoudhury - Plant Growth Regulation, 2016 - Springer
Group II late embryogenesis abundant (LEA) proteins are crucial phytomolecules which
accumulate mainly in the late phases of seed development and also in the vegetative …

Low temperature tolerance in plants: changes at the protein level

M Janmohammadi, L Zolla, S Rinalducci - Phytochemistry, 2015 - Elsevier
Low temperature (LT) is one of several important environmental stresses influencing plant
performance and distribution. Adaptation to LT is a highly dynamic stress-response …

Drought and heat stress-related proteins: an update about their functional relevance in imparting stress tolerance in agricultural crops

M Priya, OP Dhanker, KHM Siddique… - Theoretical and Applied …, 2019 - Springer
Key message We describe here the recent developments about the involvement of diverse
stress-related proteins in sensing, signaling, and defending the cells in plants in response to …

Osmotic stress enhances suberization of apoplastic barriers in barley seminal roots: analysis of chemical, transcriptomic and physiological responses

T Kreszies, N Shellakkutti, A Osthoff, P Yu… - New …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Barley (Hordeum vulgare) is more drought tolerant than other cereals, thus making it an
excellent model for the study of the chemical, transcriptomic and physiological effects of …

Key maize drought-responsive genes and pathways revealed by comparative transcriptome and physiological analyses of contrasting inbred lines

T Zenda, S Liu, X Wang, G Liu, H Jin, A Dong… - International journal of …, 2019 - mdpi.com
To unravel the molecular mechanisms underpinning maize (Zea mays L.) drought stress
tolerance, we conducted comprehensive comparative transcriptome and physiological …