TY - JOUR
T1 - Multifunctional role of brassinosteroid and its analogues in plants
AU - Hussain, Muhammad Altaf
AU - Fahad, Shah
AU - Sharif, Rahat
AU - Jan, Muhammad Faheem
AU - Mujtaba, Muhammad
AU - Ali, Qasid
AU - Ahmad, Ali
AU - Ahmad, Husain
AU - Amin, Nooral
AU - Ajayo, Babatope Samuel
AU - Sun, Changbao
AU - Gu, Liya
AU - Ahmad, Ibrar
AU - Jiang, Zhanmei
AU - Hou, Juncai
N1 - Funding Information:
The National Key Research and Development Program of China (No. 2016YFD0400605) and the Academic Backbone Project of Northeast Agricultural University (15XG23) supported this work. Acknowledgements
Publisher Copyright:
© 2020, Springer Nature B.V.
PY - 2020/11/1
Y1 - 2020/11/1
N2 - Brassinosteroids (BRs) are steroid hormones that are essential for plant growth and development. These hormones control the division, elongation and differentiation of various cell types throughout the entire plant life cycle. Over the past few decades, studies on BRs caught the attention of plant scientists due to their versatile ability in mitigating various environmental stresses. Additionally, BR also involved in maintaining the quality of postharvest produces, by enhancing their resistance against abiotic and biotic stress. Furthermore, BRs are non-toxic and eco-friendly; this aids its importance in coping with adverse environmental conditions without disturbing the balance of the ecosystem. Our review summarized the structural characteristic and distribution of BRs in plants, role in postharvest technology, biotic stress tolerance, improving resistance against pesticide, organic pollutant toxicity and nodule formation and mycorrhization. This review provides useful information on BRs and its effects on plant system that we believe could be useful in maintaining environmental sustainability.
AB - Brassinosteroids (BRs) are steroid hormones that are essential for plant growth and development. These hormones control the division, elongation and differentiation of various cell types throughout the entire plant life cycle. Over the past few decades, studies on BRs caught the attention of plant scientists due to their versatile ability in mitigating various environmental stresses. Additionally, BR also involved in maintaining the quality of postharvest produces, by enhancing their resistance against abiotic and biotic stress. Furthermore, BRs are non-toxic and eco-friendly; this aids its importance in coping with adverse environmental conditions without disturbing the balance of the ecosystem. Our review summarized the structural characteristic and distribution of BRs in plants, role in postharvest technology, biotic stress tolerance, improving resistance against pesticide, organic pollutant toxicity and nodule formation and mycorrhization. This review provides useful information on BRs and its effects on plant system that we believe could be useful in maintaining environmental sustainability.
KW - Brassinosteroid
KW - Nodulation
KW - Organic pollutant
KW - Pesticide
KW - Postharvest
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U2 - 10.1007/s10725-020-00647-8
DO - 10.1007/s10725-020-00647-8
M3 - Review Article
AN - SCOPUS:85088837469
SN - 0167-6903
VL - 92
SP - 141
EP - 156
JO - Plant Growth Regulation
JF - Plant Growth Regulation
IS - 2
ER -