Land plants are exposed to not only biotic stresses such as pathogen infection and
herbivore wounding, but abiotic stresses such as cold, heat, drought, and salt. Elaborate …

Vegetable oils rich in oleic acid are more desirable than oils rich in polyunsaturated and
saturated fatty acids. The biological switch of oleic acid to linoleic acid is facilitated by fatty …

Lipid remodeling, defined herein as post‐synthetic structural modifications of membrane
lipids, play crucial roles in regulating the physicochemical properties of cellular membranes …

The root endophytic basidiomycete Piriformospora indica has been shown to increase
resistance against biotic stress and tolerance to abiotic stress in many plants.• Biochemical …

Genetic improvement in drought tolerance in rice is the key to save water for sustainable
agriculture. Drought tolerance is a complex trait and involves interplay of a vast array of …

Plant cell membranes are the sites of sensing and initiation of rapid responses to changing
environmental factors including salinity stress. Understanding the mechanisms involved in …

Changes in the degree of fatty acid (FA) desaturation are implicated in plant responses to
various abiotic stresses, including heat, salt and drought. However, it is still not known …

Fatty acid desaturases play important role in plant responses to abiotic stresses. However,
their exact function in plant resistance to salt stress is unknown. In this work, we provide the …

Plants are exposed to different abiotic stresses, such as water deficit, high temperature,
salinity, cold, heavy metals and mechanical wounding, under field conditions. It is estimated …

Fatty acid desaturase (FAD) plays important roles in plant growth and development and
plant defense processes. In this study, we identified 27 MaFAD genes from the banana …