In field conditions, crops are adversely affected by a wide range of abiotic stresses including
drought, cold, salt, and heat, as well as biotic stresses including pests and pathogens. These …

Pests and diseases pose a threat to food security, which is nowadays aggravated by climate
change and globalization. In this context, agricultural policies demand innovative …

Abstract The NAC (NAM, ATAF and CUC) family is one of the largest plant-specific
transcription factor (TF) families. Members of this family are implicated in plant growth …

Heavy metal concentrations exceeding permissible limits threaten human life, plant life, and
all other life forms. Different natural and anthropogenic activities emit toxic heavy metals in …

Key message We describe here the recent developments about the involvement of diverse
stress-related proteins in sensing, signaling, and defending the cells in plants in response to …

In natural ecosystems, plants interact with biotic components such as microbes, insects,
animals and other plants as well. Generally, researchers have focused on each interaction …

Biotic stresses threaten to destabilize global food security and cause major losses to crop
yield worldwide. In response to pest and pathogen attacks, plants trigger many adaptive …

Seed weight in groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.) has direct impact on yield as well as
market price because of preference for bold seeds by consumers and industry, thereby …

The plants resist/tolerate unfavorable conditions in their natural habitats by using different
but aligned and integrated defense mechanisms. Such defense responses include not only …

The WRKY web, which is comprised of a subset of WRKY transcription factors (TFs), plays a
crucial role in the regulation of plant immunity, however, the mode of organization and …