Industrial revolution brought prodigious encroachment on agricultural productivity but at
apparent environmental costs. One of the major unfortunate consequences of …

The present review discusses the impact of heavy metals on the growth of plants at different
concentrations, paying particular attention to the hormesis effect. Within the past decade …

This new edition provides current information on the nutritional requirements of world crops.
It presents research on the acquisition, accumulation, transport, and functions of chemical …

High salt concentrations in the growing medium can severely affect the growth and
development of plants. It is imperative to understand the different components of salt-tolerant …

Head smut is a systemic disease in maize caused by the soil-borne fungus Sporisorium
reilianum that poses a grave threat to maize production worldwide. A major head smut …

Oligogalacturonides (OGs) released from the plant cell wall are active both as damage-
associated molecular patterns (DAMPs) for the activation of the plant immune response and …

▪ Abstract Acid soils significantly limit crop production worldwide because approximately
50% of the world's potentially arable soils are acidic. Because acid soils are such an …

Key message We review and introduce recent studies on RLK s involved in the abiotic stress
response and provide insights into potential regulatory mechanisms for alleviating abiotic …

Aluminum (Al) toxicity is the primary factor limiting crop production on acidic soils (pH values
of 5 or below), and because 50% of the world's potentially arable lands are acidic, Al toxicity …

MicroRNAs constitute a large group of endogenous small RNAs of~ 22 nt that emerge as
vital regulators, mainly by targeting mRNAs for post-transcriptional repression. Previous …