Soil flooding creates composite and complex stress in plants known as either submergence
or waterlogging stress depending on the depth of the water table. In nature, these stresses …

Crop yield reduction as a consequence of increasingly severe climatic events threatens
global food security. Genetic loci that ensure productivity in challenging environments exist …

Timely perception of adverse environmental changes is critical for survival. Dynamic
changes in gases are important cues for plants to sense environmental perturbations, such …

Unanticipated flooding challenges plant growth and fitness in natural and agricultural
ecosystems. Here we describe mechanisms of developmental plasticity and metabolic …

Plant growth regulators are naturally biosynthesized chemicals in plants that influence
physiological processes. Their synthetic analogous trigger numerous biochemical and …

Highlights•High ethylene, hypoxia and sugar signalling coordinate responses to
submergence.•Rice tolerance to submergence relies on SUB1A and/or SNORKEL …

Adaptive plant responses to specific abiotic stresses or biotic agents are fine-tuned by a
network of hormonal signaling cascades, including abscisic acid (ABA), ethylene, jasmonic …

Flooding is detrimental for nearly all higher plants, including crops. The compound stress
elicited by slow gas exchange and low light levels under water is responsible for both a …

Over the last few decades, waterlogging stress has increasingly threatened global cotton
production. Waterlogging results in reduced soil oxygen, impairing the growth and …

Flooding is detrimental for plants, primarily because of restricted gas exchange underwater,
which leads to an energy and carbohydrate deficit. Impeded gas exchange also causes …