What Makes the Life of Stressed Plants a Little Easier? Defense Mechanisms against Adverse Conditions

• Other Authors: Muszyńska, Ewa (Editor), Dziurka, Kinga (Editor), Labudda, Mateusz (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2023
• Subjects: Technology: general issues; History of engineering & technology; Environmental science, engineering & technology; water deficit; cold stress; water content; photosynthesis; anatomy; secondary metabolites; antioxidants; bioaccumulation; copper toxicity; hydroponics; translocation factor; F-box protein; SCF complex; stress response; WD40 repeat-like protein; wheat; peroxidase; ascorbate peroxidase; catalase; yield index; Brachypodium distachyon; cold acclimation; microbiome; amplicon and shotgun sequencing; metagenomics; Pseudomonas; Streptomyces; beet cultivation; abiotic stress; alkaline; cold; heat; heavy metals; stress tolerance; ultraviolet radiation; acidic soils; abiotic stress tolerance; proteomic studies; two dimensional electrophoresis (2-DE); × Triticosecale Wittmack; auxin-related compound; Bryophyllum calycinum; indole-3-acetic acid; methyl jasmonate; plant hormone dynamics; secondary abscission; PERK; kinase; RT-qPCR; promoter; drought; heat stress; Ca2+; abiotic stress response; Ca2+ sensors; signal transduction; abiotic stress tolerance calcium; abscisic acid; chloroplast degeneration; malondialdehyde; nanoparticles; oxidative stress; drought stress; osmolytes; antioxidant enzymes; phytohormones; antifungal secondary metabolites; biocontrol; abnormal germ tube suppression of appressoria; Streptomyces sp.; adaptation; priming; defense mechanisms; metallophyte; phytoremediation; tolerance; Armeria maritima; electrical conductivity; functional differences; ion accumulation; non-ionic osmolytes; osmotic adjustment; potassium; salinity; sodium; tissue culture; n/a
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Plants show different strategies for coping with stress factors. They develop various types of adaptations to avoid the stressor or to activate defense reactions consisting of damage repair and running alternative metabolic pathways. This Special Issue, "What Makes the Life of Stressed Plants a...