Programmed cell death (PCD) is a genetically controlled process that leads to cell suicide in
both eukaryotic and prokaryotic organisms. In plants PCD occurs during development …

Soybeans (Glycine max) are a key food crop, serving as a valuable source of both oil and
plant-derived protein. Pseudomonas syringae pv. glycinea (Psg) is among the most …

Plastids are involved in phytohormone metabolism as well as photosynthesis. However, the
mechanism by which plastid retrograde signals and phytohormones cooperatively regulate …

Chloroplast‐to‐nucleus retrograde signaling is essential for cell function, acclimation to
fluctuating environmental conditions, plant growth and development. The vast majority of …

Arabidopsis cyclic nucleotide-gated channels (CNGC) 2 and 4 are shown to negatively
regulate disease resistance and heat tolerance and to positively regulate plant growth …

Seed aging, a common physiological phenomenon during forage seed storage, is a crucial
factor contributing to a loss of vigor, resulting in delayed seed germination and seedling …

The bacterial stem blight of alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.), first reported in the United States in
1904, has emerged recently as a serious disease problem in the western states. The causal …

Coffee, a widely consumed important agricultural product, is mainly produced from two
species, Coffea arabica (Arabica coffee) and C. canephora (Robusta coffee). Timor Hybrid …

Brown stem rot (BSR) reduces soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.] yield by up to 38%. The BSR
causal agent is Phialophora gregata f. sp. sojae, a slow‐growing, necrotrophic fungus …

In natural environment plants are simultaneously exposed to multivariable abiotic and biotic
stresses. Typical abiotic stresses are changes in temperature, light intensity and quality …