Aluminum (Al) toxicity in acid soils is a significant limitation to crop production worldwide, as
approximately 50% of the world's potentially arable soil is acidic. Because acid soils are …

In fleshy fruits, organic acids are the main source of fruit acidity and play an important role in
regulating osmotic pressure, pH homeostasis, stress resistance, and fruit quality. The …

Environmental cues profoundly modulate cell proliferation and cell elongation to inform and
direct plant growth and development. External phosphate (Pi) limitation inhibits primary root …

Deciphering the mechanism of malate accumulation in plants would contribute to a greater
understanding of plant chemistry, which has implications for improving flavor quality in crop …

The non-protein amino acid, gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) rapidly accumulates in plant
tissues in response to biotic and abiotic stress, and regulates plant growth. Until now it was …

The decade since the publication of the third edition of this volume has been an era of great
progress in biology in general and the plant sciences in particular. This is especially true …

A number of plant species, including rice, secretes citrate from roots in response to Al stress.
Here we characterized the functions of a gene, OsFRDL4 (Os01g0919100) that belongs to …

Trivalent aluminium (Al 3+) is the major toxin encountered by plants on acid soils. These
cations inhibit root growth by damaging cells at the root apex. The physiology and genetics …

Acid soils restrict plant production around the world. One of the major limitations to plant
growth on acid soils is the prevalence of soluble aluminium (Al3+) ions which can inhibit root …

Aluminum (Al) toxicity is one of the major constraints to agricultural production in acid soils.
Molecular mechanisms of coping with Al toxicity have now been investigated in a range of …