Crop yield has been greatly enhanced during the last century. However, most elite cultivars
are adapted to temperate climates and are not well suited to more stressful conditions. In the …

Plants heat shock factors (HSFs) are encoded by large gene families with variable structure,
expression, and function. HSFs are components of complex signaling systems that control …

INTRODUCTION Polyploidy, arising from whole-genome duplication or interspecific
hybridization, is ubiquitous across the plant and fungal kingdoms. The presence of highly …

Ten years after the first overview of a complete plant Hsf family was presented for
Arabidopsis thaliana by Nover et al.[1], we compiled data for 252 Hsfs from nine plant …

In Arabidopsis, there are four homologs of class A1 heat shock factor (HSFA1) genes, which
likely encode the master regulators of heat shock response (HSR). However, previous …

Wheat is a widely grown food crop that suffers major yield losses due to attack by pests and
pathogens. A better understanding of biotic stress responses in wheat is thus of major …

Heat stress transcription factors (Hsfs) regulate gene expression in response to
environmental stress. The Hsf network in plants is controlled at the transcriptional level by …

Many eukaryotes have from one to three heat shock factors (Hsfs), but plants have more
than 20 Hsfs, designated class A, B, and C. Class A Hsfs are activators of transcription, but …

Heat stress (HS) adversely affects plant growth and productivity. The Class A1 HS
transcription factors (HSFA1s) act as master regulators in the plant response to HS …

Soybean (Glycine max) production is severely affected in unfavorable environments.
Identification of the regulatory factors conferring stress tolerance would facilitate soybean …