Abiotic stress, the field environment and stress combination

Mittler, Ron

doi:10.1016/j.tplants.2005.11.002

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Abiotic stress, the field environment and stress combination

Mittler, Ron·2006·Trends in Plant Science

DOI 10.1016/j.tplants.2005.11.002

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Farmers and breeders have long known that often it is the simultaneous occurrence of several abiotic stresses, rather than a particular stress condition, that is most lethal to crops. Surprisingly, the co-occurrence of different stresses is rarely addressed by molecular biologists that study plant acclimation. Recent studies have revealed that the response of plants to a combination of two different abiotic stresses is unique and cannot be directly extrapolated from the response of plants to each of the different stresses applied individually. Tolerance to a combination of different stress conditions, particularly those that mimic the field environment, should be the focus of future research programs aimed at developing transgenic crops and plants with enhanced tolerance to naturally occurring environmental conditions.

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Once an initial abiotic stress response is activated, plants may alter how they respond to secondary stress, resulting in a phenotype that is unexpected from observing a single stress in isolation.
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Authors: Mittler, R.
Affiliations: University of Nevada, Reno (US)
Corresponding author: Mittler, Ron
ORCID: Mittler, Ron
Venue: Trends in Plant Science
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Published: 2006-01
Volume: 11
Issue: 1
Pages: 15-19
ISSN: 1360-1385 (ISSN-L)
DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2005.11.002
OpenAlex: W2141102916
Cited by: 3,083
References: 50
Citations by year: 2026: 179 · 2025: 184 · 2024: 199 · 2023: 221 · 2022: 237 · 2021: 239 · 2020: 228 · 2019: 218 · 2018: 186 · 2017: 145 · 2016: 158 · 2015: 133 · 2014: 147 · 2013: 136 · 2012: 106
FWCI: 3.70
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Licence: www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
Locations: Trends in Plant Science (publishedVersion)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders: National Science Foundation
Topics: Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Plant Science › Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance
Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Plant Science › Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity
Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Plant Science › Genetics and Plant Breeding
Keywords: abiotic stress, combined stress, field conditions, plant acclimation, stress tolerance, genetically modified crops, crop stress tolerance, plant stress response
MeSH terms: Disasters, Environment, Photosynthesis, Plant Diseases, Crops, Agricultural

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