Abiotic and biotic stresses are major limiting factors of crop yields and cause billions of
dollars of losses annually around the world. It is hoped that understanding at the molecular …

Transient changes in intracellular Ca2+ concentration have been well recognized to act as
cell signals coupling various environmental stimuli to appropriate physiological responses …

Calcium is an essential plant nutrient. It is required for various structural roles in the cell wall
and membranes, it is a counter‐cation for inorganic and organic anions in the vacuole, and …

Priming of defence genes for amplified response to secondary stress can be induced by
application of the plant hormone salicylic acid or its synthetic analogue acibenzolar S …

BACKGROUND: Calcium serves as a versatile messenger in many adaptation and
developmental processes in plants. Ca2+ signals are represented by stimulus-specific …

Salicylic acid (SA) is a defense hormone required for both local and systemic acquired
resistance (SAR) in plants. Pathogen infections induce SA synthesis through up-regulating …

Many extracellular signals, including light, biotic, and abiotic stress factors, elicit changes in
cellular Ca2+ concentration in plants (Trewavas and Knight, 1994; Bush, 1995; Braam et al …

Various extracellular stimuli elicit specific calcium signatures that can be recognized by
different calcium sensors. Calmodulin, the predominant calcium receptor, is one of the best …

This review provides a comprehensive overview of the established and emerging roles that
organelles play in calcium signalling. The function of calcium as a secondary messenger in …

▪ Abstract The calcium ion is firmly established as a ubiquitous intracellular second
messenger in plants. At their simplest, Ca2+-based signaling systems are composed of a …