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Review
. 2020 May;63(5):635-674.
doi: 10.1007/s11427-020-1683-x. Epub 2020 Mar 31.

Plant abiotic stress response and nutrient use efficiency

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Plant abiotic stress response and nutrient use efficiency

Zhizhong Gong et al. Sci China Life Sci. 2020 May.

Abstract

Abiotic stresses and soil nutrient limitations are major environmental conditions that reduce plant growth, productivity and quality. Plants have evolved mechanisms to perceive these environmental challenges, transmit the stress signals within cells as well as between cells and tissues, and make appropriate adjustments in their growth and development in order to survive and reproduce. In recent years, significant progress has been made on many fronts of the stress signaling research, particularly in understanding the downstream signaling events that culminate at the activation of stress- and nutrient limitation-responsive genes, cellular ion homeostasis, and growth adjustment. However, the revelation of the early events of stress signaling, particularly the identification of primary stress sensors, still lags behind. In this review, we summarize recent work on the genetic and molecular mechanisms of plant abiotic stress and nutrient limitation sensing and signaling and discuss new directions for future studies.

Keywords: Ca2+ signaling; ROS; abiotic stress; heavy metal; nutrient use efficiency; phosphorylation; sensing; signal transduction; transcription factor; transporter.

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