Calcium (Ca2+) is a unique mineral that serves as both a nutrient and a signal in all
eukaryotes. To maintain Ca2+ homeostasis for both nutrition and signaling purposes, the …

Plants are subjected to a plethora of environmental cues that cause extreme losses to crop
productivity. Due to fluctuating environmental conditions, plants encounter difficulties in …

Reactive oxygen species (ROS) and calcium (Ca2+) signalling are interconnected in the
perception and transmission of environmental signals that control plant growth, development …

Calcium (Ca 2+) serves as an essential nutrient as well as a signaling agent in all
eukaryotes. In plants, calcineurin B-like proteins (CBLs) are a unique group of Ca 2+ …

Highlights•Three main traits are involved in salt tolerance: ion exclusion, tissue tolerance
and osmotic tolerance.•Numerous genes encoding salt tolerance traits are likely to …

Abscisic acid (ABA) is one of the “classical” plant hormones, ie discovered at least 50 years
ago, that regulates many aspects of plant growth and development. This chapter reviews our …

Plants need to cope with changing environmental conditions, be it variable light or
temperature, different availability of water or nutrients, or attack by pathogens or insects …

Systemic responses to environmental stimuli are essential for the survival of multicellular
organisms. In plants, they are initiated in response to many different signals including …

Drought is a severe environmental constraint, which significantly affects plant growth,
productivity, and quality. Plants have developed specific mechanisms that perceive the …

Plants need to cope with multitudes of stimuli throughout their lifecycles in their complex
environments. Calcium acts as a ubiquitous secondary messenger in response to numerous …