Climate change is predicted to increase the frequency and intensity of abiotic stress
combinations that negatively impact plants and pose a serious threat to crop yield and food …

Plant response to pathogens attacks generally comes at the expense of growth. Defense
priming is widely accepted as an efficient strategy used for augmenting resistance with …

Microplastics (MPs) are ubiquitous contaminants. In recent decades, the hazardous impacts
of MPs on the environment have raised significant concern. However, little attention has …

Steroidal glycoalkaloids (SGAs) are protective metabolites constitutively produced by
Solanaceae species. Genes and enzymes generating the vast structural diversity of SGAs …

Plants are widely recognized as chemical factories, with each species producing dozens to
hundreds of unique secondary metabolites. These compounds shape the interactions …

Plants synthesize a vast array of specialized metabolites that primarily contribute to their
defense and survival under adverse conditions. Many of the specialized metabolites have …

By modifying the biotic and abiotic properties of the soil, plants create soil legacies that can
affect vegetation dynamics through plant–soil feedbacks (PSF). PSF are generally attributed …

Nicotiana benthamiana is a valuable plant chassis for heterologous production of medicinal
plant natural products. This host is well suited for the processing of organelle-localized plant …

Beneficial interaction of members of the fungal genus Trichoderma with plant roots primes
the plant immune system, promoting systemic resistance to pathogen infection. Some strains …

Plants have evolved complex physiological mechanisms to regulate production of defense
secondary metabolites (SMs) to cope with environmental stress such as drought. Yet, these …