Botryosphaeria Stem Blight on Southern Highbush Blueberry in Florida by Norma C. Flor, Douglas A. Phillips, Philip F. Harmon

“…Advanced stages of this disease may cause premature plant death, which results in significant replanting costs for growers. Biotic or abiotic stresses from a variety of sources can make plants more susceptible to infection by stem blight pathogens. …”
Get full text

Biological Functions and Health Benefits of Flavonoids in Fruits and Vegetables: A Contemporary Review by Xiaoyuan Zheng, Xuejiao Zhang, Fankui Zeng

“…This review elucidates the significance of flavonoids in the growth and development of fruits and vegetables, highlighting their roles in enhancing pigmentation and providing protection against both biotic and abiotic stresses. In relation to human health, flavonoids are recognized for their ability to combat aging, mitigate inflammation, safeguard the nervous system, and promote overall well-being. …”
Get full text

Freeze-Dried Muscadine grape: a New Product for Health-Conscious Consumers and the Food Industry by Ali Sarkhosh, Fariborz Habibi, Steven A. Sargent

“… Muscadine grape (Muscadinia rotundifolia [Michx.]) is a fruit crop native to America; it adapts well to a wide range of biotic and abiotic stresses and have thus been grown and vinified throughout the southeastern US for centuries. …”
Get full text

Recent advances in functional assays of WRKY transcription factors in plant immunity against pathogens by Wenjing Wang, Haihui Cao, Jiahao Wang, Hongbo Zhang

“…WRKY transcription factors (TFs) are one of the largest transcription factor families in plants and play important roles in plant processes, most notably in responding to diverse biotic and abiotic stresses. This article reviews the recent research progresses on WRKY TFs in regulating plant immunity, which includes both positive and negative regulation. …”
Get full text

MOBILIZATION OF VEGETABLE AND CUCURBIT CROP GENETIC RESOURCES IN THE 21^st CENTURY by A. M. Artemyeva, O. A. Zvereva, T. N. Kozhanova, D. L. Kornyukhin, T. M. Piskunova, T. N. Smekalova, I. G. Chukhina, L. V. Bagmet

“…Currently, the completion of the collection is conducted in the following areas: collection of wild species and local forms with a high level of resistance to biotic and abiotic stresses, and with valuable biochemical composition; replenishment of the collection with accessions missing in the evolutionary series of vegetable crops from their ancestral forms to modern varieties and lines, including those needed for the analysis of domestication processes; introduction of crops and types of varieties novel for Russia; mobilization of the world’s best achievements in modern breeding, first of all in the newest breeding trends; mobilization of new genetic material -mutant lines, double haploid lines, and mapping populations.…”
Get full text

The Role of Plant DNA Methylation in Development, Stress Response, and Crop Breeding by Shuai Qiao, Wei Song, Wentao Hu, Fang Wang, Anzhong Liao, Wenfang Tan, Songtao Yang

“…The review also examines the significance of DNA methylation in plant development, particularly its role in adapting to biotic and abiotic stresses. Lastly, we highlight its potential for driving innovations in crop breeding, emphasizing its applicability in advancing sustainable agriculture.…”
Get full text

Moisture and Salinity Stress Induced Changes in Biochemical Constituents and Water Relations of Different Grape Rootstock Cultivars by Satisha Jogaiah, Sahadeo D. Ramteke, Jagdev Sharma, Ajay Kumar Upadhyay

“…The increased accumulation of phenolic compounds in these cultivars may indicate the possible role of phenolic compounds as antioxidants for scavenging the reactive oxygen species generated during abiotic stresses thus maintaining normal physiological and biochemical process in leaves of resistant cultivars.…”
Get full text

Enhancing drought tolerance in horticultural plants through plant hormones: a strategic coping mechanism by Shanxia Huang, Songheng Jin

“…Abiotic stresses are considered as a significant factor restricting horticultural crop productivity and quality. …”
Get full text

Optimizing milpa agrosystems with beneficial microbes and their ecological interactions: a review by Blanca Rojas-Sánchez, Sergio de los Santos-Villalobos, Juan J. Valdez Alarcón, Ana T. Chávez-Bárcenas, Ma. del Carmen Orozco-Mosqueda, Gustavo Santoyo

“…However, poor crop management practices in recent decades have caused significant ecological harm, evidenced by climate change impacts, soil degradation, and water scarcity. Biotic and abiotic stresses during crop development further reduce yield and quality. …”
Get full text

Phylogenetic relationships and genetic diversity of Tunisian maize landraces. by Mohamed Dhia Eddine Hammami, Delphine Madur, Zayneb Kthiri, Agustin Galaretto, Stéphane D Nicolas, Alain Charcosset, Valérie Combes, Chahine Karmous, Pedro Revilla

“…The Tunisian maize germplasm could be a basis for identifying sources of favorable alleles to improve tolerance to abiotic stresses.…”
Get full text

The Renaissance of Polyamines: New Roles in Crop Yield and Quality Properties in Freshly Fruit by Jenifer Puente-Moreno, Fernando Garrido-Auñón, María E. García-Pastor, Daniel Valero, María Serrano

“…Furthermore, PAs have been demonstrated to help overcome the negative effects of adverse environmental factors of both biotic and abiotic stresses. Thus, the main objective of this review was to examine the recent literature regarding the mentioned effects of PAs apart from the impact of preharvest PAs treatments, applied at different stages of fruit development, on fresh fruit crop yield and fruit quality properties at harvest, and in their maintenance during storage, with a special emphasis on the fruit content in bioactive compounds with antioxidant activity. …”
Get full text

THE INTRODUCTION OF PANICOID CROPS IN THE REPUBLIC OF NORTH OSSETIA - ALANIA by S. A. Bekuzarova, G. V. Lushchenko

“…During the years of research, Echinochloa frumentacea Link has been found resistant to abiotic stresses in the foothill areas of the republic. …”
Get full text

Role of Benzyladenine Seed Priming on Growth and Physiological and Biochemical Response of Soybean Plants Grown under High Salinity Stress Condition by Phetole Mangena

“…Salinity is one of the most important abiotic stresses that affect vegetative growth, reproductive yield, biomass distribution, and physiological parameters of many crop plants. …”
Get full text

Comparative Transcriptional Profiling of Two Contrasting Barley Genotypes under Salinity Stress during the Seedling Stage by Runhong Gao, Ke Duan, Guimei Guo, Zhizhao Du, Zhiwei Chen, Liang Li, Ting He, Ruiju Lu, Jianhua Huang

“…Salinity is one of the major abiotic stresses that affect crop productivity. Identification of the potential novel genes responsible for salt tolerance in barley will contribute to understanding the molecular mechanism of barley responses to salt stress. …”
Get full text

Morphological, physiological, element absorption, and transcriptomic analysis reveals the mechanism of 2-(3,4-Dichlorophenoxy) trimethylamine alleviating copper stress in cucumber... by Yang Li, Xiaoning Wang, Mengwei Huang, Yijing Xing, Xueting Wang, Hu Wang, Meng Li, Qingjie Du, Huaijuan Xiao, Jiqing Wang, Juanqi Li

“…DCPTA [2-(3, 4-dichlorophenoxy) triethylamine] mitigates certain abiotic stresses, yet the precise mechanism by which it alleviates Cu-induced phytotoxicity remains unknown. …”
Get full text

Biotechnology towards energy crops by Gudeta Dida

“…By applying cutting-edge molecular techniques, a wide range of important traits can be enhanced, encompassing total biomass yield, production, quality, and resistance to different biotic and abiotic stresses. These advancements have the potential to significantly improve the efficiency, cost-effectiveness, and environmental benefits of biofuels. …”
Get full text

Synthetic wheat as a new source of flour quality under drought conditions: Associations with solvent retention capacity. by Niloofar Mokhtari, Mohammad Mahdi Majidi, Aghafakhr Mirlohi

“…Synthetic hexaploid lines are proposed as high-potential germplasm for improving bread wheat by introducing new genes (biotic and abiotic stresses) lost during common wheat evolution. A panel of 99 synthetic and common wheat was studied for quality and grain-related traits and drought tolerance under two different moisture conditions (water stress and normal) during two growing seasons. …”
Get full text

Rice Breeding for High Grain Yield under Drought: A Strategic Solution to a Complex Problem by Shalabh Dixit, Anshuman Singh, Arvind Kumar

“…Drought is one of the major abiotic stresses that affect rice production in rainfed areas. …”
Get full text

A Review of the Prospective Effects of Spacing and Varieties on Onion Yield and Yield Components (Allium cepa L.) in Ethiopia by Yohannes Gelaye, Kelemu Nakachew, Solomon Ali

“…However, its production and productivity are restricted by different factors, including biotic and abiotic stresses. This review investigates the potential impacts of spacing and varieties on onion yield and yield components in Ethiopia. …”
Get full text

Determinants of Use of Climate Change Adaptation Practices by Rice Farmers in Kebbi State, North-West Nigeria by Danlami Yakubu, Oladimeji Oladele

“…Rice productivity and sustainability are threatened by both biotic and abiotic stresses, the effects of which can be further aggravated by dramatic changes in global climate. …”
Get full text