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Stress Responses

Stress responses are the molecular, physiological, and developmental adjustments by which organisms detect adverse conditions and protect cellular function and survival. In plant biology they encompass reactions to abiotic stresses such as drought, salinity, temperature extremes, and oxidative challenge, as well as …

Curated from this journal's research 📚 9 peer-reviewed articles cited Cited 136× across the literature 🔖 ISSN 2832-5311 🗓 Reviewed July 2026

Overview

Stress responses are the molecular, physiological, and developmental adjustments by which organisms detect adverse conditions and protect cellular function and survival. In plant biology they encompass reactions to abiotic stresses such as drought, salinity, temperature extremes, and oxidative challenge, as well as biotic threats, and they operate through signaling cascades, gene-expression reprogramming, and metabolic and structural change. Water deficit and salt stress, for instance, impose osmotic and ionic imbalance on cereal and other crop plants, triggering proteomic and physiological adaptations that influence growth, yield, and tolerance. Regulatory layers beyond protein-coding genes contribute to these responses, including emerging roles for circular RNAs and other non-coding transcripts in modulating plant stress and development. At the cellular level, stress perception activates hormone-mediated pathways, accumulation of protective osmolytes and antioxidants, and changes that stabilize membranes and macromolecules. Studying these mechanisms clarifies how plants sense their environment, allocate resources between growth and defense, and acquire resilience, with direct relevance to breeding and engineering stress-tolerant varieties. Stress responses thus connect the biochemistry of cellular protection to whole-organism adaptation, framing how plants cope with the environmental pressures that constrain productivity and shape developmental outcomes.

Research published in this journal

9 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.

2018

Emerging Roles of Plant Circular RNAs

Zhu Qian-HaoCorresponding author
CSIRO Agriculture and Food, GPO Box 1700, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
Exact topic Plant Cell Development Cited by 43 doi:10.14302/issn.2832-5311.jpcd-18-1955
2018

Maxillofacial Trauma and Psychological Stress

Young CeciliaCorresponding author
Independent Researcher, 105A, 1/F Liberte Place, 833 Lai Chi Kok Road, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Exact topic Medical and Psychological Trauma doi:10.14302/issn.2766-6204.jmpt-18-2079
2018

Stress in High School Students: A Descriptive Study

María De la Roca-Chiapas JoséCorresponding author
Departamento de Psicología, División de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad de Guanajuato, León, Guanajuato, México
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

How this research is being cited

The 9 articles above have been cited 136 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Jun 2026.

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Editorial oversight

Curated from peer-reviewed research published in Plant Cell Development (ISSN 2832-5311).

Journal editorial board
Qian-Hao Zhu · Australia Baohong Zhang · United States Kin-Ying To · Taiwan

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