Plants frequently have to weather both biotic and abiotic stressors, and have evolved
sophisticated adaptation and defense mechanisms. In recent years, chromatin modifications …

Crop yield has been greatly enhanced during the last century. However, most elite cultivars
are adapted to temperate climates and are not well suited to more stressful conditions. In the …

Experience and memory of environmental stimuli that indicate future stress can prepare
(prime) organismic stress responses even in species lacking a nervous system. The process …

Plants acquire enhanced tolerance to intermittent abiotic stress by employing information
obtained during prior exposure to an environmental disturbance, a process known as …

Cell survival under high temperature conditions involves the activation of heat stress
response (HSR), which in principle is highly conserved among different organisms, but …

Plants as sessile organisms can adapt to environmental stress to mitigate its adverse effects.
As part of such adaptation they maintain an active memory of heat stress for several days …

Heat stress (HS) caused by above-optimal temperatures adversely affects plants' growth and
development and diminishes crop yields. In natural and agricultural environments, these …

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 …

Abiotic and biotic stresses limit crop productivity. Exposure to a non-lethal stress, referred to
as priming, can allow plants to survive subsequent and otherwise lethal conditions; the …

Acquired tolerance to heat stress is an increased resistance to elevated temperature
following a prior exposure to heat. The maintenance of acquired thermotolerance in the …