Agronomy and Horticulture, Department of

 

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

2015

Citation

BioMed Research International Volume 2015, Article ID 754754, 2 pages

Comments

Copyright © 2015 Hatem Rouached et al.

Open access

http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/754754

Abstract

Plants unlike other living forms are sessile thereby facing severe biotic and abiotic stresses. Plants have evolved different efficient defence responses which thrive upon a number of intrinsic factors, such as genotypic and phenotypic constitutions and developmental circumstances, and extrinsic factors like severity and duration of the stresses. Stress management uses molecular and biochemical level controls, the competence, and speed, at which a stress signal is perceived and transmitted to generate stress signal molecules and activate stress-protective mechanisms. A well-concerted action of the plants’ competence at morphological, physiological, biochemical, and molecular strata regulates numerous adaptive responses to biotic and abiotic stresses. Genetic manipulations of signalling networks have been widely used to improve plant productivity under stressful conditions. Advanced biotechnological application will enable maintaining agriculture in a sustainable manner. In this special issue, we present two reviews and four research papers which address genomic, molecular, and physiological regulations as well as signalling networks dealing with plant responses to abiotic and biotic factors.

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