Anthropogenic activities in the past and present eras have created global warming and
consequently a storm of drought stress, affecting both plants and animals. Being sessile …

The increasing seriousness of salinization aggravates the food, population and
environmental issues. Ameliorating the salt-resistance of plants especially the crops is the …

Calcium (Ca) plays important role in plant development and response to various
environmental stresses. However, its involvement in mitigation of heavy metal stress in …

Key message We summarize recent studies focusing on the molecular basis of plant heat
stress response (HSR), how HSR leads to thermotolerance, and promote plant adaptation to …

Safflower (Carthamus tinctorius L.) is a salt-tolerant crop cultivated worldwide. However, little
information is available on their tolerance mechanism. Owing to decreasing arable land …

Plants are continuously exposed to various environmental stresses, which cause alteration
in every physiological and biochemical pathway. Plants have evolved several mechanisms …

Brassica genus comprises numerous cultivated brassica species with various economic
importance. Salt stress is an overwhelming problem causing serious losses in Brassica …

Plant growth regulators have an important role in various developmental processes during
the life cycle of plants. They are involved in abiotic stress responses and tolerance. They …

Accumulating evidence indicates that plant MYB transcription factors participate in defense
against pathogen attack, but their regulatory targets and related signaling processes remain …

As an important second messenger, calcium is involved in plant cold stress response,
including chilling (< 20° C) and freezing (< 0° C). In this study, exogenous application of …