A large portion of the earth's surface consists of arid, semi-arid and hyper-arid lands. Life in
these regions is profoundly challenged by harsh environmental conditions of water …

Small heat shock proteins are a diverse, ancient, and important family of proteins. All
organisms possess small heat shock proteins (sHSPs), indicating that these proteins …

Typically at dawn on a hot summer day, land plants need precise molecular thermometers to
sense harmless increments in the ambient temperature to induce a timely heat shock …

ABSTRACT WRKY proteins form a large family of plant transcription factors implicated in the
modulation of numerous biological processes, such as growth, development and responses …

Root–shoot communications play important roles in plant stress responses. Here, we
examined the roles of root‐sourced signals in the shoot response to heat in cucumber …

Given the mandated increases in fuel production from alternative sources, limited high-
quality production land, and predicted climate changes, identification of stress-tolerant …

Environmental Plant Physiology focuses on the physiology of plant-environment
interactions, revealing plants as the key terrestrial intersection of the biosphere, atmosphere …

The sustainability of large-scale biofuel production has recently been called into question in
view of mounting concerns over the associated impact on land and water resources. As the …

Among the world's continents, Africa has the highest incidence of food insecurity and poverty
and the highest rates of population growth. Yet Africa also has the most arable land, the …

The term Crassulacean Acid Metabolism (CAM) was introduced in the 1940s as a result of
observations in Bryophyllum calycinum, a crassulacean plant, which showed prominent diel …