Soil salinity is a growing problem around the world with special relevance in farmlands. The
ability to sense and respond to environmental stimuli is among the most fundamental …

Environmental stress factors such as drought, elevated temperature, salinity and rising CO 2
affect plant growth and pose a growing threat to sustainable agriculture. This has become a …

Membrane lipids play fundamental structural and regulatory roles in cell metabolism and
signaling. Here, we report that phosphatidic acid (PA), a product of phospholipase D (PLD) …

Target of Rapamycin (TOR) is an atypical Ser/Thr protein kinase that is evolutionally
conserved among yeasts, plants, and mammals. In plants, TOR signaling functions as a …

Stress resilience behaviours in plants are defensive mechanisms that develop under
adverse environmental conditions to promote growth, development and yield. Over the past …

Drought and high salinity are two major abiotic stresses affecting crop productivity.
Therefore, the development of crops better adapted to cope with these stresses represents a …

Epigenetic mechanisms have been found to play important roles in environmental stress
response and regulation. These can, theoretically, be transmitted to future unexposed …

Plant morphogenesis relies on specific patterns of cell division and expansion. It is well
established that cortical microtubules influence the direction of cell expansion [1, 2], but less …

Several environmental factors adversely affect plant growth and development and final yield
performance of a crop. Drought, salinity, nutrient imbalances (including mineral toxicities …

Microtubules (MTs) are highly conserved polar polymers that are key elements of the
eukaryotic cytoskeleton and are essential for various cell functions. αβ-tubulin, a …