The interest in plasma-activated water (PAW) has been greatly increasing during the last few
years due to its potential applications in biological and medical sciences, as well as in …

Frequently changing environmental conditions pose unwarranted threat to plants life and
impose serious penalties in terms of arrested growth, metabolism and ultimately the yield …

Heavy metal (HM) stress is threatening agricultural crops, ecological systems, and human
health worldwide. HM toxicity adversely affects plant growth, physiological processes, and …

In this year there is the 40th anniversary of the first publication of plant nitric oxide (NO)
emission by Lowell Klepper. In the decades since then numerous milestone discoveries …

Autophagy is a process in which cellular components are delivered to lytic vacuoles to be
recycled and has been demonstrated to promote abiotic/biotic stress tolerance. Here, we …

Abscisic acid (ABA) is a plant growth regulator known for its functions, especially in seed
maturation, seed dormancy, adaptive responses to biotic and abiotic stresses, and leaf and …

Nitric oxide (NO) is a signal molecule regarded as being involved in myriad functions in
plants under physiological, pathogenic, and adverse environmental conditions. Hydrogen …

Desiccation tolerance appeared as the key adaptation feature of photoautotrophic
organisms for survival in terrestrial habitats. During the further evolution, vascular plants …

The key signalling molecules nitric oxide (NO) and abscisic acid (ABA) regulate plant growth
and developmental processes as well as the mechanisms of response to environmental …

The agriculture sector is vulnerable to various environmental stresses, which significantly
affect plant growth, performance, and development. Abiotic stresses, such as salinity and …