Seed germination is controlled by a number of mechanisms and is necessary for the growth
and development of the embryo, resulting in the eventual production of a new plant. Under …

The global agricultural system has been badly affected by adverse environmental changes
in the past few years. These changes, including the rise of abiotic and biotic stressors …

Plants must effectively defend against biotic and abiotic stresses to survive in nature.
However, this defense is costly and is often accompanied by significant growth inhibition …

Brassinosteroids (BRs) regulate a wide range of developmental and physiological
processes in plants through a receptor-kinase signaling pathway that controls the BZR …

The plant hormones are a structurally unrelated collection of small molecules derived from
various essential metabolic pathways. These compounds are important regulators of plant …

Bioactive gibberellins (GAs) are diterpene phytohormones that modulate growth and
development throughout the whole life cycle of the flowering plant. Impressive advances …

Ethylene is an important component of the gaseous environment, and regulates numerous
plant developmental processes including seed germination and seedling establishment …

Light is an important environmental signal that regulates diverse growth and developmental
processes in plants. In these light-regulated processes, multiple hormonal pathways are …

Plant development is subject to hormonal growth control and adapts to environmental cues
such as light or stress. Recently, significant progress has been made in elucidating hormone …

Background Drought is a major abiotic stress factors that reduces agricultural productivity.
GRAS transcription factors are plant-specific proteins that play diverse roles in plant …