Ozone pollution is a serious global environmental problem, with surface ozone
concentrations consistently ranking among the top air pollutants. In response to ozone …

Stimulating the production of secondary metabolites by elicitation seems to be an accepted
tool in several in vitro cultures. In vivo application of chemical elicitation is, however, much …

Two copper nanomaterials (CuO nanoparticles [NPs] and Cu3 (PO4) 2· 3H2O nanosheets)
and CuSO4 were applied to tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) leaves, and elemental Cu …

The interplay between steroids and triterpenoids, compounds sharing the same biosynthetic
pathway but exerting distinctive functions, is an important part of the defense strategy of …

Background Jasmonates are considered as safe compounds and new findings indicate the
potential health promoting effects of these phytohormones. The key roles of JAs in …

Oilseed crops are globally cultivated for their oil. These hold an important determinant of the
agricultural economy of the world. However, abiotic constraints like drought, heavy metal …

Plant diseases caused by pathogenic bacteria and fungi are major threats to both wild plants
and crops. To counteract these threats, plants have evolved various defense mechanisms …

Having evolutionary significance in establishing colonization of terrestrial plants, cuticle
occurs to act as a continuous shield over the plant epidermal cells, facilitating multifunctional …

Defence priming by organismal and non-organismal stimulants can reduce effects of biotic
stress in plants. Thus, it could help efforts to enhance the sustainability of agricultural …

In this work, the combination of elicited plant suspension cultured cells (PSCCs) with
untargeted metabolomics establishes a powerful, cutting-edge strategy to unravel the effects …