As a result of climate change, abiotic stresses are the most common cause of crop losses
worldwide. Abiotic stresses significantly impair plants' physiological, biochemical, molecular …

Within the context of global warming, long-living plants such as perennial woody species
endure adverse conditions. Among all of the abiotic stresses, drought stress is one of the …

NAC (NAM, ATAF1/2, and CUC2) transcription factors are ubiquitously distributed in
eukaryotes and play significant roles in stress response. However, the functional …

Abstract Background Trees such as Populus are planted extensively for reforestation and
afforestation. However, their successful establishment greatly depends upon ambient …

Cadmium, a toxic heavy metal, seriously affects human health and ecological security. The
cation/H+ exchanger (CAX) family is a unique metal transporter that plays a crucial role in …

Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) play key roles in plant–plant communication, especially
in response to pest attack. E-2-hexenal is an important component of VOCs, but it is unclear …

Drought is one of the major limiting factors in the growth of terrestrial plants. Abscisic acid
(ABA) and pyrabactin resistance 1/prabactin resistance-1 like/regulatory components of ABA …

Actin-depolymerizing factors (ADFs) are highly conserved small-molecule actin-binding
proteins found throughout eukaryotic cells. In land plants, ADFs form a small gene family that …

Basic leucine zipper (bZIP) proteins play important roles in responding to biotic and abiotic
stresses in plants. However, the molecular mechanisms of plant resistance to pathogens …

Background Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated leaf disc genetic transformation is an
important way to achieve transgenics or gene editing. Ensuring stable and efficient genetic …