Abiotic and biotic stresses limit the growth and productivity of plants. In the current global
scenario, in order to meet the requirements of the ever-increasing world population …

To address food security, agricultural yields must increase to match the growing human
population in the near future. There is now a strong push to develop low-input and more …

Priming is an adaptive strategy that improves the defensive capacity of plants. This
phenomenon is marked by an enhanced activation of induced defense mechanisms. Stimuli …

There is an urgent need for new sustainable solutions to support agriculture in facing current
environmental challenges. In particular, intensification of productivity and food security …

Numerous microbial communities show synergistic and antagonistic interactions among
themselves, resulting in benefit and harm to either or both the associated members. The …

When plants recognize potential opponents, invading pathogens, wound signals, or abiotic
stress, they often switch to a primed state of enhanced defense. However, defense priming …

More than one third of harvested fruit and vegetables are lost and do not reach the
customers mainly due to postharvest decay. During the last decade, several postharvest …

The NONEXPRESSOR OF PATHOGENESIS-RELATED GENES 1 (NPR1) and related
NPR1-like proteins are a functionally similar, yet surprisingly diverse family of transcription …

Experience and memory of environmental stimuli that indicate future stress can prepare
(prime) organismic stress responses even in species lacking a nervous system. The process …

In nature, plants are simultaneously exposed to a combination of biotic and abiotic stresses
that limit crop yields. Only recently, researchers have started understanding the molecular …