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    Whispering through the leaves: elucidating the mechanical perception and downstream defence response against herbivory
    (John Wiley & Sons, 2026) Vero, Khrade; Meena, Mukesh Kumar
    Insect herbivory generates not only tissue loss but also a suite of biophysical and chemical cues that plants must detect and interpret. To cope with these challenges, plants have evolved specialised structures and molecular mechanisms that perceive mechanical inputs and translate them into coordinated defence responses. This review summarises the concept of mechanostimulation during insect feeding, with a focus on how plants recognise mechanical cues and integrate them into broader defence signalling networks. We outline the types of stimuli generated during herbivory, the morphological and molecular sensors involved in mechanoperception, and the electrical signalling processes that mediate intra- and inter-cellular communication of long-distance signal transmission, for which the vascular system, particularly the phloem and xylem, emerges as a critical conduit. We further discuss how mechanostimulation interfaces with hormonal pathways and transcriptional regulation, ultimately activating defence genes. This framework is further extended to non-vascular plants such as bryophytes, where mechanosensing and defence occur in the absence of vascular tissues, shedding light on how these strategies originated and evolved in early land plants. Collectively, these insights provide a comprehensive framework for understanding how mechanostimulation shapes plant defence and offers avenues for future research in enhancing crop resilience.
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    Understanding the role of phytohormones in governing heat, cold, and freezing stress response
    (Elsevier B.V., 2023) Sharma, Mohan; Saksena, Harshita B.; Botta, Halidev Krishna; Laxmi, Ashverya
    Plants are exposed to rapid fluctuations in the environmental temperature and respond differently to temperature stress through fine-tuning genetic, biochemical, and physiological changes. Plants utilize several signaling pathways including stress and phytohormone signalings to cope with high and low temperature stresses. Emerging studies have documented the role of growth and development related phytohormones, such as auxin, cytokinin, brassinosteroids, gibberellic acid, and strigolactones, in temperature stress responses. Apart from functioning in biotic stress, salicylic acid and jasmonic acid participate in alleviating temperature stress. Abscisic acid and ethylene have also been reported to be major players in regulating abiotic stresses. Changes in global temperature in recent years have drastically affected the crop productivity. Therefore manipulation of certain factors in the stress and phytohormone signaling pathways can lead to the development of crops tolerant to severe temperature stresses, thereby minimizing yield loss during harsh climatic conditions. In this chapter, we shed light on how different hormone signaling pathways facilitate plants to adapt under stressful temperatures, thereby providing them with better stress resilience and survival potential.