Heat or cold priming-induced cross-tolerance to abiotic stresses in plants: key regulators and possible mechanisms

Protoplasma

Volumn 255, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 399-412

  Hossain, Mohammad Anwar ^a   Li, Zhong Guang ^b   Hoque, Tahsina Sharmin ^a   Burritt, David J ^c   Fujita, Masayuki ^d   Munné Bosch, Sergi ^e  

^a BANGLADESH AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

^b YUNNAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^d KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cross tolerance; Heat or cold priming; Heat shock protein; Hydrogen peroxide; Methylglyoxal; Nitric oxide; Osmolytes; Plant hormones

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE; PLANT PROTEIN;

COLD; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HEAT; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PLANT;

COLD TEMPERATURE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; HOT TEMPERATURE; NITRIC OXIDE; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 85026804773     PISSN: 0033183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00709-017-1150-8     Document Type: Review

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