Main conclusion Abiotic stresses adversely affect the productivity and production of
vegetable crops. The increasing number of crop genomes that have been sequenced or re …

Solanaceae is one of the major economically important families of higher plants and has
played a central role in human nutrition since the dawn of human civilization. Therefore …

It has been suggested that accumulation of flavonoids could be a key step in development of
plant tolerance to different environmental stresses. Moreover, it has been recognized that …

Stevia rebaudiana (Bertoni) is a perennial shrub native from Paraguay whose leaves
accumulate steviol glycosides. Plants increase the production of phytochemicals as a …

Plants are the main source of secondary metabolites, which can be used in different sectors
such as pharmaceutics, food, cosmetics, agriculture, etc. turning them into an attractive …

Current agricultural practices for vegetable production are unsustainable, and the use of
certain nanomaterials has shown significant potential for either plant growth promotion or …

In nature, plants are simultaneously exposed to multiple abiotic and biotic stresses. Plants
have co-evolved with several stresses and hence have learnt to endure them through a …

Epigenetic regulation is a key component of stress responses, acclimatization and
adaptation processes in plants. DNA methylation is a stable mark plausible for the …

Hydrogen peroxide is an important signal molecule in plant defense against biotic and
abiotic stress. Pepper golden mosaic virus (PepGMV) is a whitefly-transmitted geminivirus …

Abstract Hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) is an important molecule that regulates antioxidant
responses that are crucial for plant stress resistance. Exposure to low levels of ultraviolet-B …