The vast majority of agricultural land undergoes abiotic stress that can significantly reduce
agricultural yields. Understanding the mechanisms of plant defenses against stresses and …

The sessile nature of plants' life is endowed with a highly evolved defense system to adapt
and survive under environmental extremes. To combat such stresses, plants have …

Plants are active contributors to the betterment of human living conditions and play a critical
role in ecological systems. During the process of plant growth and development, several …

Sugars as photosynthates are well known as energy providers and as building blocks of
various structural components of plant cells, tissues and organs. Additionally, as a part of …

Water deficit has a global impact on plant growth and crop yield. Climate changes are going
to increase the intensity, duration and frequency of severe droughts, particularly in southern …

The floral initiation in angiosperms is a complex process influenced by endogenous and
exogenous signals. With this approach, we aim to provide a comprehensive review to …

The functions of sucrose transporters (SUTs) differ among family members. The
physiological function of SUT1 has been studied intensively, while that of SUT4 in various …

Simple Summary Vacuolar processing enzyme (VPE) is a cysteine protease responsible for
vacuolar proteins' maturation and regulation of programmed cell death in plants. Among four …

Endophytic plant-growth-promoting bacteria help plants to cope with severe environmental
stresses. A Klebsiella sp. strain San01 isolated from sweet potato roots exhibited diverse …

The improvement of fruit quality, in particular sugar content, has been a major goal of plant
breeding programmes for many years. Here, 2 varieties of the Ussurian pear (Pyrus …