Physio-biochemical and molecular stress regulators and their crosstalk for low-temperature stress responses in fruit crops: A review.

ABSTRACT: Low-temperature stress (LTS) drastically affects vegetative and reproductive growth in fruit crops leading to a gross reduction in the yield and loss in product quality. Among the fruit crops, temperate fruits, during the period of evolution, have developed the mechanism of tolerance, i.e., adaptive capability to chilling and freezing when exposed to LTS. However, tropical and sub-tropical fruit crops are most vulnerable to LTS. As a result, fruit crops respond to LTS by inducing the expression of LTS related genes, which is for climatic acclimatization. The activation of the stress-responsive gene leads to changes in physiological and biochemical mechanisms such as photosynthesis, chlorophyll biosynthesis, respiration, membrane composition changes, alteration in protein synthesis, increas

SUBMITTER: Goswami AK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9790972 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature