Mechanisms of plant responses and adaptation to soil salinity

C Zhao, H Zhang, C Song, JK Zhu, S Shabala - The innovation, 2020 - cell.com
Soil salinity is a major environmental stress that restricts the growth and yield of crops.
Understanding the physiological, metabolic, and biochemical responses of plants to salt …

Effects of salinity stress on chloroplast structure and function

A Hameed, MZ Ahmed, T Hussain, I Aziz, N Ahmad… - Cells, 2021 - mdpi.com
Salinity is a growing problem affecting soils and agriculture in many parts of the world. The
presence of salt in plant cells disrupts many basic metabolic processes, contributing to …

Drought stress-induced physiological mechanisms, signaling pathways and molecular response of chloroplasts in common vegetable crops

K Razi, S Muneer - Critical Reviews in Biotechnology, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Drought stress is one of the most adverse abiotic stresses that hinder plants' growth and
productivity, threatening sustainable crop production. It impairs normal growth, disturbs …

Iron homeostasis in plants–a brief overview

JM Connorton, J Balk, J Rodríguez-Celma - Metallomics, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Iron plays a crucial role in biochemistry and is an essential micronutrient for plants and
humans alike. Although plentiful in the Earth's crust it is not usually found in a form readily …

Non-stomatal limitation of photosynthesis by soil salinity

T Pan, M Liu, VD Kreslavski… - Critical Reviews in …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Soil salinity is a major threat to agricultural sustainability and a global food security. Until
now, most research has concentrated around stomatal limitation to photosynthesis, while …

Increased stomatal conductance induces rapid changes to photosynthetic rate in response to naturally fluctuating light conditions in rice

W Yamori, K Kusumi, K Iba… - Plant, Cell & …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
A close correlation between stomatal conductance and the steady‐state photosynthetic rate
has been observed for diverse plant species under various environmental conditions …

Chloroplast function and ion regulation in plants growing on saline soils: lessons from halophytes

J Bose, R Munns, S Shabala, M Gilliham… - Journal of …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Salt stress impacts multiple aspects of plant metabolism and physiology. For instance it
inhibits photosynthesis through stomatal limitation, causes excessive accumulation of …

Regulation of Rubisco activity in crops

J Amaral, AKM Lobo, E Carmo‐Silva - New Phytologist, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Efficient plant acclimation to changing environmental conditions relies on fast adjustments of
the transcriptome, proteome, and metabolome. Regulation of enzyme activity depends on …

Molecular mechanisms of plant adaptive responses to heavy metals stress

IV Kosakivska, LM Babenko… - Cell Biology …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Heavy metals (HMs) are among the main environmental pollutants that can enter the soil,
water bodies, and the atmosphere as a result of natural processes (weathering of rocks …

Grafting: a technique to modify ion accumulation in horticultural crops

MA Nawaz, M Imtiaz, Q Kong, F Cheng… - Frontiers in plant …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Grafting is a centuries-old technique used in plants to obtain economic benefits. Grafting
increases nutrient uptake and utilization efficiency in a number of plant species, including …