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Zuguo Xi, Huiyan Jia, Yifan Li, Jinqing Ma, Mengqian Lu, Zhihui Wang, Dexu Kong and Wei-Wei Deng
Tea is a healthy beverage made from the leaves of the tea plant [Camellia sinensis (L.) O. Kuntze]. The tea plant is a perennial evergreen plant that is widely distributed in tropical and subtropical regions. PR proteins (pathogenesis-related proteins, P...
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Zita Szalai, Anikó Magyariné Berkó, Nikolett Bódi, Edit Hermesz, Ágnes Ferencz and Mária Bagyánszki
Diabetes mellitus is often associated with vascular complications in which hyperglycemia-induced oxidative stress may be the cause of the impaired vessels and circulating blood cells. The aim of this study was to follow the hyperglycemia-related metaboli...
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Hongbo Du, Nan Lu and Chuanrong Li
Root rot caused by Fusarium oxysporum is a serious root disease that affects the growth and yield of peanut crops worldwide. Identifying resistance genes is of great significance for both conventional and molecular breeding. At present, there are a few i...
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Mia Dujmovic, Nevena Opacic, Sanja Radman, Sanja Fabek Uher, Sandra Voca and Jana ?ic ?labur
As the impact of global warming intensifies drought effects, plants need to adapt to drought and other climate change-induced stresses through various defense mechanisms. One of them is the increased synthesis of bioactive compounds (BCs), which helps pl...
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Mohd Asgher, Abdul Rehaman, Syed Nazar ul Islam, Mohd Arshad and Nafees A. Khan
Heavy metals (HMs) contamination is one of the main abiotic factors affecting crop productivity and also threatens human health via consuming metal-contaminated crops as a food source. Over the past few years, HMs have drawn a lot of attention due to the...
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Saumik Basu, Natalia Moroz, Benjamin W. Lee, Kiwamu Tanaka, Liesl Oeller, Chase W. Baerlocher and David W. Crowder
In agroecosystems, plants frequently confront multiple biotic stressors, including herbivores and pathogens. The nature of these interactions plays a crucial role in mediating the activation of plant defense mechanisms. However, induction of plant chemic...
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Hengzhi Hu, Hanwei Yang, Jiahong Wen, Min Zhang and Yanjuan Wu
Under climate warming, the frequency and intensity of extreme rainstorms-induced urban pluvial floods are significantly increasing, leading to severe flooding risks in megacities. An integrated model that incorporates rainfall processing, waterlogging si...
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Xiaoxia Zhang, Pengzhi Lin and Xinping Chen
Mangroves provide many ecosystem services, including coastal protection against storm surges and waves. As an adaptive method for coastal defense, mangroves were widely restored and planted in tropical and subtropical regions, such as the coastal regions...
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Thanasekaran Jayakumar, Ming-Ping Wu, Joen-Rong Sheu, Chih-Wei Hsia, Periyakali Saravana Bhavan, Manjunath Manubolu, Chi-Li Chung and Chih-Hsuan Hsia
Pterostilbene (PTE), a natural stilbenoid occurring in grapes and berries, is recognized as a dimethylated analogue of resveratrol. This compound shows numerous notable pharmacological activities, including antiaging, anticancer, antidiabetes, antioxidan...
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André Guimarães, Carlos Coelho, Fernando Veloso-Gomes and Paulo A. Silva
Beach nourishment represents a type of coastal defense intervention, keeping the beach as a natural coastal defense system. Altering the cross-shore profile geometry, due to the introduction of new sediments, induces a non-equilibrium situation regarding...
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