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Biotic and Abiotic Stress

Biotic and abiotic stress refers to the two broad categories of adverse conditions that constrain plant growth, development, and productivity. Biotic stress arises from living agents, including pathogens such as fungi, bacteria, and viruses, as well as herbivorous insects, nematodes, parasitic plants, and competing …

Curated from this journal's research 📚 6 peer-reviewed articles cited Cited 51× across the literature 🔖 ISSN 2471-2140 🗓 Reviewed July 2026

Overview

Biotic and abiotic stress refers to the two broad categories of adverse conditions that constrain plant growth, development, and productivity. Biotic stress arises from living agents, including pathogens such as fungi, bacteria, and viruses, as well as herbivorous insects, nematodes, parasitic plants, and competing weeds. Abiotic stress arises from non-living environmental factors, including drought, salinity, flooding, extreme temperatures, nutrient deficiency, heavy metals, and oxidative imbalance. These stresses frequently co-occur, and crops in many agroecological settings must withstand several simultaneously. Plants respond through layered defense and acclimation mechanisms. Perception of stress signals triggers hormonal and signaling cascades, reprogramming gene expression and metabolism to limit damage and restore homeostasis. Responses include reactive oxygen species scavenging and antioxidant systems, accumulation of protective metabolites and proteins, and structural and developmental adjustments such as remodeling of root system architecture to optimize water and nutrient capture. Regulatory layers, including transcription factors and non-coding RNAs, coordinate these programs. Research in this area characterizes tolerance traits, root phenotyping under combined stress, and molecular regulators of resilience, informing breeding, biotechnology, germplasm characterization, and sustainable management strategies aimed at securing yields under changing climatic and biological pressures.

Research published in this journal

6 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

How this research is being cited

The 6 articles above have been cited 51 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 Antioxidant Activity (ISSN 2471-2140).

Journal editorial board
Deepak Kasote · Qatar Mahmoudreza Ovissipour · United States Sudhiranjan Gupta, Ph.D. · United States

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