Review
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Lyuben Zagorchev, Wolfgang Stoeggl, Denitsa Teofanova, Junmin Li, Ilse Kranner
Summary: Parasitic angiosperms are diverse flowering plants that rely on their hosts for nutrients and water. They pose additional pressure on agriculture in times of climate change, but little is known about how abiotic stress affects host preferences and defense mechanisms against these parasitic plants. Further research is needed to understand the interactions between abiotic stress, host-parasite relationships, and their implications on agriculture.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
(2021)
Review
Genetics & Heredity
Murtaza Khan, Sajid Ali, Hakim Manghwar, Saddam Saqib, Fazal Ullah, Asma Ayaz, Wajid Zaman
Summary: This review discusses the recent research progress on plant melatonin, including its functions in plant growth and development, its roles under abiotic and biotic stresses, and its crosstalk with other phytohormones. The study suggests that plant melatonin plays a crucial role in crop improvement and stress regulation.
Review
Agronomy
Beatriz Val-Torregrosa, Mireia Bundo, Blanca San Segundo
Summary: Rice production is affected by various stresses, including nutrient stress. Improper use of pesticides can have harmful effects on the environment and human health. Understanding the interaction between nutrient stress and disease resistance is essential for optimizing fertilizer and pesticide use in rice production.
Article
Plant Sciences
Muhammad Ahsan Altaf, Rabia Shahid, Ravinder Kumar, Muhammad Mohsin Altaf, Awadhesh Kumar, Latif Ullah Khan, Muhammad Saqib, Muhammad Azher Nawaz, Bushra Saddiq, Saraj Bahadur, Rahul Kumar Tiwari, Milan Kumar Lal, Safina Naz
Summary: The changing climate poses a significant threat to global horticultural crop production. Phytohormones and phytohormone-like plant growth regulators play crucial roles in stress response and tolerance in horticultural crops. Understanding the complex interactions between different phytohormones and their signaling pathways can advance the development of stress-tolerant cultivars.
JOURNAL OF PLANT GROWTH REGULATION
(2023)
Review
Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology
Hai Ngoc Nguyen, Nhan Lai, Anna B. Kisiala, R. J. Neil Emery
Summary: Isopentenyltransferase (IPT) in plants plays a crucial role in regulating cytokinin biosynthesis, affecting plant growth and adaptation, especially under environmental stress. Research shows that IPT can improve physiological characteristics, delay senescence, enhance crop yields, and serve as master regulators of core cellular metabolic pathways.
PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL
(2021)
Article
Plant Sciences
Rajesh Kumar Jha, Jaykumar Patel, Manish Kumar Patel, Avinash Mishra, Bhavanath Jha
Summary: The SbCDR gene, cloned from the halophyte Salicornia brachiata, enhances tolerance in transgenic tobacco plants against salinity, drought, and cold by improving chlorophyll content, plant growth, and various biochemical parameters. Additionally, the transgenic lines exhibit better relative water content and membrane stability, suggesting that SbCDR gene enhances abiotic stress tolerance by regulating ion balance and biochemical metabolism.
PHYSIOLOGIA PLANTARUM
(2021)
Review
Agriculture, Multidisciplinary
Boqing Zhao, Qingyun Liu, Baoshan Wang, Fang Yuan
Summary: Phytohormones are involved in various processes throughout a plant's lifecycle, with different hormones interconnected and challenging to study in isolation. In leaf development, multiple phytohormones work together to establish signaling pathways, providing a model for breeding stress-resistant crops.
JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY
(2021)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Shalini Tiwari, Mukesh Jain, Sneh Lata Singla-Pareek, Prem L. Bhalla, Mohan B. Singh, Ashwani Pareek
Summary: The study found that the salt-tolerant rice genotype Pokkali plays a crucial role in stress response through the regulation of long non-coding RNA (lncRNA). These lncRNAs modulate various cellular processes, including transcriptional regulation, ion homeostasis, and secondary metabolite production. Furthermore, lncRNAs are predicted to bind to stress-responsive transcription factors. Additionally, some lncRNAs are also regulated under other abiotic stresses and phytohormone treatments, indicating possible cross-talk and further functional characterization.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
(2023)
Review
Plant Sciences
Prachi Pandey, Mahesh Patil, Piyush Priya, Muthappa Senthil-Kumar
Summary: Combined abiotic and biotic stresses can either activate or suppress plant defense responses by modifying plant defense signaling. While most combined stresses reduce plant fitness, certain abiotic stresses can reduce the severity of pathogen infection, and certain pathogens can improve plant tolerance to abiotic stresses. The positive side of combined stress remains hidden despite the extensive research on the detrimental impact of combined stresses on plants.
JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY
(2023)
Review
Plant Sciences
Jingjing Mao, Zhijie Mo, Guang Yuan, Haiying Xiang, Richard G. F. Visser, Yuling Bai, Haobao Liu, Qian Wang, C. Gerard van der Linden
Summary: Plants have evolved complex signaling pathways to cope with different stresses during plant growth, with Ca2+ transients playing a major physiological role. The CBL-CIPK network is involved in regulating plant development and stress adaptation through direct and indirect crosstalk.
PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT
(2023)
Review
Plant Sciences
Theivanayagam Maharajan, T. P. Ajeesh Krishna, Kasinathan Rakkammal, Stanislaus Antony Ceasar, Manikandan Ramesh
Summary: Application of CRISPR/Cas tools can enhance cereals' growth and yield under biotic and abiotic stresses. However, studies on the mechanism of biotic and abiotic stress tolerance in cereals using the CRISPR/Cas system are limited. Rice is the most studied cereal in this aspect, while other major cereals have not been extensively explored. Understanding the role of specific genes in response to stresses through the CRISPR/Cas system may help improve cereals' growth and yield under various stress conditions.
Article
Plant Sciences
Suneetha Kota, Naireen Aiza Vispo, Marinell R. Quintana, Carlo L. U. Cabral, C. Arloo Centeno, James Egdane, Frans J. M. Maathuis, Ajay Kohli, Amelia Henry, Rakesh Kumar Singh
Summary: The combined drought and salinity stress is a major constraint to rice production, especially in coastal areas and river deltas. In order to systematically evaluate rice cultivars under this stress, a standardized screening protocol was developed for seedling stage plants grown in soil.
FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE
(2023)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Zhirui Yang, Yibo Cao, Yiting Shi, Feng Qin, Caifu Jiang, Shuhua Yang
Summary: This review summarizes recent advances in understanding the molecular mechanisms of maize responses to environmental stresses and the development of stress-resilient varieties. Challenges and opportunities for the future development of climate-resilient maize varieties are also discussed.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Monika Malicka, Franco Magurno, Zofia Piotrowska-Seget
Summary: Dark septate endophytes (DSEs) are a group of fungi that colonize the roots of plants in stressful environments, and they possess adaptation strategies to tolerate heavy metal contamination, drought, and salinity. They form mutualistic relationships with plants, improving plant growth and physiology. Additionally, DSEs can improve soil quality and aid in phytoremediation of contaminated soils.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Raja Asad Ali Khan, Syed Sartaj Alam, Saba Najeeb, Asad Ali, Ajaz Ahmad, Awais Shakoor, Liu Tong
Summary: In recent years, there has been concern about the harmful effects of environmental pollutants on agricultural output. This study investigated the effectiveness of soil application of bulk silicon, silicon nanoparticles, and Trichoderma metabolites in managing abiotic stress (Cd toxicity) and biotic stress (bacterial wilt) in tomato plants. The results showed that the combination treatment of silicon nanoparticles and Trichoderma metabolites, followed by silicon nanoparticles alone, were the most effective in mitigating Cd toxicity and reducing bacterial wilt disease.
ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Dominika Boguszewska-Mankowska, Bogdan Ruszczak, Krystyna Zarzynska
Summary: This study aimed to investigate the variability for drought tolerance among potato cultivars. By conducting experiments over 11 years, the stability of drought tolerance of potato cultivars under different water regime conditions was examined. Data on the responses of 50 potato cultivars to drought stress were collected, and tuber yield and other parameters were analyzed. Through the evaluation of ensemble learning models, a classifier with 96.7% accuracy was developed to distinguish different tolerance groups.
APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL
(2022)
Editorial Material
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Philippe Jeandet, Magda Formela-Luboinska, Mateusz Labudda, Iwona Morkunas
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
(2022)
Review
Cell Biology
Justyna Fidler, Jakub Graska, Marta Gietler, Malgorzata Nykiel, Beata Prabucka, Anna Rybarczyk-Plonska, Ewa Muszynska, Iwona Morkunas, Mateusz Labudda
Summary: This article reviews recent findings on the structure, function, and interaction of PYR/PYL/RCAR receptors in the ABA signaling pathway, as well as the termination mechanism of ABA signals in plant cells. Understanding and studying the perception and transduction of ABA signals is vital for increasing crop tolerance to stress factors.
Article
Chemistry, Analytical
Bogdan Ruszczak, Dominika Boguszewska-Mankowska
Summary: This study aimed to recalibrate and accurately characterize commonly used smart soil-moisture sensors using computational methods. It proposed an ensemble learning algorithm to improve potato root moisture estimation and the performance of simple moisture sensors. The results showed that the median moisture estimation error could be reduced from 2.035% for the baseline model to 0.808% using the Extra Trees algorithm.
Article
Agronomy
Krystyna Zarzynska, Dominika Boguszewska-Mankowska, Beata Feledyn-Szewczyk, Krzysztof Jonczyk
Summary: In this research comparing organic and conventional systems, it was found that seed potatoes from the organic system had weaker vigor, resulting in lower plant development and yield. There were significant varietal differences in most traits, but these differences were not related to the length of the growing season.
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Malgorzata Nykiel, Marta Gietler, Justyna Fidler, Jakub Graska, Anna Rybarczyk-Plonska, Beata Prabucka, Ewa Muszynska, Jan Bocianowski, Mateusz Labudda
Summary: Plants activate complex signaling pathways, including reactive oxygen-nitrogen-sulphur species, in response to environmental stress such as drought. This study found that under drought conditions, barley exhibited significant changes in gene expression and enzyme activity related to ABA biosynthesis and H2S synthesis. The differential water deficit in leaves played a crucial role in activating appropriate defense mechanisms, with ABA metabolism at the center of these processes. Additionally, the signaling pathways involved varied depending on the level of water saturation deficit (WSD), with H2O2-dependent signaling dominant at 15% WSD and significant NO-dependent signaling at 30% and 50% WSD.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
(2022)
Article
Plant Sciences
Dominika Boguszewska-Mankowska, Krystyna Zarzynska, Beata Wasilewska-Nascimento
Summary: This experiment evaluated the effects of soil drought and high temperature stress on potato plants, and found that simultaneous application of both stresses had the greatest impact on plant morphology and yield.
Article
Cell Biology
Krzysztof M. Tokarz, Wojciech Makowski, Barbara Tokarz, Ewa Muszynska, Zbigniew Gajewski, Stanislaw Mazur, Edward Kunicki, Olgierd Jeremiasz, Piotr Sobik, Pawel Nowak, Karolina Miernicka, Kinga Mrzyglod, Piotr Rozpadek
Summary: The study aimed to investigate the impact of modified light spectrum on the photosynthetic performance of lettuce. The use of glass with red luminophore altered the sunlight spectrum, resulting in changes in the efficiency parameters, chloroplast ultrastructure, and structural proteins of the photosynthetic apparatus. These changes led to a decrease in the CO2 carboxylation efficiency of lettuce.
Editorial Material
Plant Sciences
Ewa Muszynska, Kinga Dziurka, Mateusz Labudda
Editorial Material
Plant Sciences
Malgorzata Nykiel, Marta Gietler, Justyna Fidler, Beata Prabucka, Mateusz Labudda
Review
Biology
Jakub Graska, Justyna Fidler, Marta Gietler, Beata Prabucka, Malgorzata Nykiel, Mateusz Labudda
Summary: This review discusses the crucial role of nitric oxide (NO) in plant life cycle and its involvement in physiological and biochemical processes and gene expression. It also explores the interaction network of NO with other molecules in plant cells and highlights the defense response mechanisms against infestation with Ecdysozoa species. Further research on the involvement of NO in host plants and Ecdysozoa parasites interactions, especially arachnids, is emphasized.