Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are key signalling molecules that enable cells to rapidly
respond to different stimuli. In plants, ROS play a crucial role in abiotic and biotic stress …

Throughout evolution, plants have developed a highly complex defense system against
different threats, including phytopathogens. Plant defense depends on constitutive and …

Reactive oxygen species (ROS) and nitric oxide (NO) are produced in all aerobic life forms
under both physiological and adverse conditions. Unregulated ROS/NO generation causes …

Exposure to a variety of environmental factors such as salinity, drought, metal toxicity,
extreme temperature, air pollutants, ultraviolet‐B (UV‐B) radiation, pesticides, and pathogen …

Class III peroxidases are secretory enzymes which belong to a ubiquitous multigene family
in higher plants and have been identified to play role in a broad range of physiological and …

Fruit ripening is a physiological process that involves a complex network of signaling
molecules that act as switches to activate or deactivate certain metabolic pathways at …

Growth-and health-promoting bacteria can boost crop productivity in a sustainable way.
Pseudomonas simiae WCS417 is such a bacterium that efficiently colonizes roots, modifies …

Reactive oxygen species (ROS) serve as secondary messengers that regulate various
developmental and signal transduction processes, with ROS primarily generated by NADPH …

Low temperature is widely used for most postharvest fruit storage, but the occurrence of
chilling injury (CI) in banana fruit stored at below 13° C severely reduces the marketability …

Black spot disease, caused by Alternaria brassicicola in Brassica species, is one of the most
devastating diseases all over the world, especially since there is no known fully resistant …