Jasmonic acid (JA) is an endogenous growth-regulating substance, initially identified as a
stress-related hormone in higher plants. Similarly, the exogenous application of JA also has …

Studies with model plants such as Arabidopsis thaliana have revealed that phytohormones
are central regulators of plant defense. The intricate network of phytohormone signaling …

Light spectral composition influences plant growth and metabolism, and has important
consequences for interactions with plant-feeding arthropods and their natural enemies. In …

Complex defense signaling pathways, controlled by different hormones, are involved in the
reaction of plants to a wide range of biotic and abiotic stress factors. We studied the ability of …

Salinity does not only stress plants but also challenges human life and the economy by
posing severe constraints upon agriculture. To understand salt adaptation strategies of …

In terrestrial ecosystems, plants take up phosphate predominantly via association with
arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF). We identified loss of responsiveness to AMF in the rice …

Rhizobacteria-induced systemic resistance (ISR) is a type of systemically enhanced
resistance against a broad spectrum of pathogens that is triggered upon root colonization by …

Here, multiple functions of jasmonic acid (JA) in maize (Zea mays) are revealed by
comprehensive analyses of JA-deficient mutants of the two oxo-phytodienoate reductase …

WRKY transcription factors are crucial regulatory components of plant responses to
pathogen infection. In the present study, we report isolation and functional characterization …

Two photomorphogenic mutants of rice, coleoptile photomorphogenesis 2 (cpm2) and
hebiba, were found to be defective in the gene encoding allene oxide cyclase (Os AOC) by …