Plant Biology & Agricultural Sciences

Plant stress responses are a set of molecular and cellular mechanisms that are initiated when a plant detects some type of stress. Abiotic stresses such as drought or excessive light and biotic stresses such as herbivores or pathogens.

Stress sensing and signal transduction are important adaptive mechanisms in tolerance to the negative effects of multiple environmental stresses, as they enable the activation of multiple signaling cascades responsible for triggering different cellular responses. Stress detection and signal transduction work together to provide critical adaptive mechanisms for coping with the deleterious effects of various environmental stresses. Understanding the sensing and signaling processes used by plants to detect and respond to stress is essential for creating stress-tolerant crops using current strategies and technologies.