Thriving under Stress: How Plants Balance Growth and the Stress Response

• Published in: Developmental cell Vol. 55; no. 5; pp. 529 - 543
• Main Authors: Zhang, Heng, Zhao, Yang, Zhu, Jian-Kang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 07.12.2020
• Subjects: Plant Development; Plant Proteins - metabolism; Plants - genetics; Plants - metabolism; Signal Transduction; Stress, Physiological

Defense against stress and active suppression of growth are two complementary strategies by which plants respond to adverse environments. Although beneficial for plant survival, active growth inhibition is often undesirable for crop productivity. Compared with the knowledge on how plants defend agai...