Due to limited availability of arable land and the high market demand for vegetables around
the world, cucurbit (cucumber, melon, and watermelon) and solanaceous (eggplant, pepper …

This review paper is focused predominantly on the role of the cell wall in the defense
response of plants to trace metals. It is generally known that this compartment accumulates …

Plant cell walls have the remarkable property of combining extreme tensile strength with
extensibility. The maintenance of such an exoskeleton creates nontrivial challenges for the …

Industrialization and ever-augmenting urbanization are directly linked to elevation of
metalloid stressors in the environment. Human activities induced disruption of the natural …

Ethylene and its precursor 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate (ACC) actively participate in
plant developmental, defense and symbiotic programs. In this sense, ethylene and ACC play …

Ethylene represents an important regulatory signal for root development. Genetic studies in
Arabidopsis thaliana have demonstrated that ethylene inhibition of root growth involves …

Aluminum toxicity is an important stress factor for plants in acidic environments. During the
last decade considerable advances have been made in both techniques to assess the …

Nitric oxide (NO) is a bioactive molecule that functions in numerous physiological and
developmental processes in plants, including lateral root development. In this study, we …

To investigate the lignification process and its physiological significance under drought-
stressed conditions, the changes in enzymes responsible for lignification and the related …

The plant cell wall is a dynamic structure that changes in response to developmental and
environmental cues through poorly understood signaling pathways. We identified two Leu …