When two negatives make a positive: The favorable impact of the combination of abiotic stress and pathogen infection on plants

P Pandey, M Patil, P Priya… - Journal of Experimental …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Combined abiotic and biotic stresses modify plant defense signaling, leading to either the
activation or suppression of defense responses. Although the majority of combined abiotic …

The plant disease triangle facing climate change: A molecular perspective

C Roussin-Léveillée, CAM Rossi… - Trends in Plant …, 2024 - cell.com
Variations in climate conditions can dramatically affect plant health and the generation of
climate-resilient crops is imperative to food security. In addition to directly affecting plants, it …

Transcriptomics, proteomics, and metabolomics interventions prompt crop improvement against metal (loid) toxicity

A Raza, H Salehi, S Bashir, J Tabassum, M Jamla… - Plant cell reports, 2024 - Springer
The escalating challenges posed by metal (loid) toxicity in agricultural ecosystems,
exacerbated by rapid climate change and anthropogenic pressures, demand urgent …

Baking bad: plants in a toasty world with necrotrophs

HM Suraj, JAL van Kan - New Phytologist, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Rising global temperatures pose a threat to plant immunity, making them more susceptible
to diseases. The impact of temperature on plant immunity against biotrophic and hemi …

Drought: A context‐dependent damper and aggravator of plant diseases

A Choudhary, M Senthil‐Kumar - Plant, Cell & Environment, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Drought dynamically influences the interactions between plants and pathogens, thereby
affecting disease outbreaks. Understanding the intricate mechanistic aspects of the …

Unmasking complexities of combined stresses for creating climate-smart crops

P Pandey, M Senthil-Kumar - Trends in Plant Science, 2024 - cell.com
Understanding the complex challenges that plants face from multiple stresses is key to
developing climate-ready crops. We highlight the significance of the Stress Combinations …

Plant parasitic nematode-fungus interactions: Recent concepts and mechanisms

ZA Siddiqui, S Aziz - Plant Physiology Reports, 2024 - Springer
Plant parasitic nematodes (PPN) and fungi cause biotic stress and are responsible for
considerable yield losses to different crops. PPN and fungi are very abundant …

Metabolites-induced co-evolutionary warfare between plants, viruses, and their associated vectors: so close yet so far away

N Ahmad, H Hussain, M Naeem, SU Rahman, KA Khan… - Plant Science, 2024 - Elsevier
Agriculture and global food security encounter significant challenges due to viral threats. In
the following decades, several molecular studies have focused on discovering biosynthetic …

Integrated stress responses in okra plants (cv.''Meya']: unravelling the mechanisms underlying drought and nematode co-occurrence

U Egedigwe, O Udengwu, C Ekeleme-Egedigwe… - BMC Plant …, 2024 - Springer
Background Climate change threatens sub-Saharan Africa's agricultural production, causing
abiotic and biotic stressors. The study of plant responses to joint stressors is crucial for …

Maize hybrids response to limited nitrogen under current and future CO2 environments

N Thenveettil, R Bheemanahalli, KN Reddy… - Plant Physiology …, 2024 - Springer
Given the increased nitrogen fertilization, rise in fertilizer prices, and atmospheric CO2
levels, it is crucial to understand how crops respond to these changing environmental …