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ReviewEnvironmental science and pollution research international2017

Understanding brassinosteroid-regulated mechanisms to improve stress tolerance in plants: a critical review.

Fahim Nawaz, Muhammad Naeem, Bilal Zulfiqar, Asim Akram, Muhammad Yasin Ashraf, Muhammad Raheel, Rana Nauman Shabbir, Rai Altaf Hussain, Irfan Anwar, Muhammad Aurangzaib

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Review in Environmental science and pollution research international, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 37 papers.

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14.7field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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37 citing papers in PubMed, 110 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 6 institutions in 2 countries.

Fahim NawazDepartment of Agronomy, MNS University of Agriculture, Multan, Pakistan. fahim5382@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7753-5087
Muhammad NaeemDepartment of Agronomy, UCA & ES, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur, Pakistan.
Bilal ZulfiqarDepartment of Agronomy, UCA & ES, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur, Pakistan.
Asim AkramDepartment of Agronomy, UCA & ES, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur, Pakistan.
Muhammad Yasin AshrafCrop Stress Management Group, Nuclear Institute for Agriculture and Biology, Faisalabad, Pakistan.
Muhammad RaheelDepartment of Plant Pathology, UCA & ES, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur, Pakistan.
Rana Nauman ShabbirDepartment of Agronomy, Agriculture College, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan.
Rai Altaf HussainDepartment of Agronomy, PMAS Arid Agriculture University, Rawalpindi, Pakistan.
Irfan AnwarDepartment of Agronomy, UCA & ES, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur, Pakistan.
Muhammad AurangzaibDepartment of Agronomy, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, 50011, USA.
Islamia University of Bahawalpur · PKBahauddin Zakariya University · PKIowa State University · USMuhammad Nawaz Shareef University of Agriculture · PKNuclear Institute for Agriculture and Biology · PKPir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University · PK

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Brassinosteroids (BRs) are steroidal plant hormones involved in regulation of physiological and molecular processes to ameliorate various biotic and abiotic stresses. Exogenous application of BRs to improve stress tolerance in plants has recently become a high research priority. Several studies have revealed the involvement of these steroidal hormones in upregulation of stress-related defense genes and their cross talk with other metabolic pathways. This is likely to stimulate research on many unanswered questions regarding their role in enhancing the ability of plants to tolerate adverse environmental conditions. Thus, this review appraises new insights on mechanisms mediating BR-regulated changes in plants, focused mainly on their involvement in regulation of physiological and molecular mechanisms under stress conditions. Herein, examples of BR-stimulated modulation of antioxidant defense system and upregulation of transcription factors in plants exposed to various biotic (bacterial, viral, and fungal attack) and abiotic stresses (drought, salinity, heat, low temperature, and heavy metal stress) are discussed. Based on these insights, future research in the current direction can be helpful to increase our understanding of BR-mediated complex and interrelated processes under stress conditions.

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BrassinosteroidsPlantsStress, PhysiologicalDroughtsGene Expression Regulation, PlantSignal TransductionBrassinosteroidsAdaptation mechanismsBrassinosteroidsEnvironmental stressesSignaling pathways

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PMID28540554
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