Summary
This review, published in the Journal of Integrative Plant Biology in 2025, synthesises current understanding of small peptides as molecular regulators of plant growth and stress resilience. It likely examines how endogenous peptide signals mediate key physiological processes including root development, shoot growth, and tolerance to drought, salinity, and other environmental stressors. The paper is expected to offer a framework for understanding how peptide-receptor signalling networks could be exploited to improve crop performance under challenging conditions.
Regional applicability
Whilst the review is unlikely to be UK-specific, its findings on stress-resilience mechanisms in plants are broadly applicable to UK crop improvement efforts, particularly in the context of developing varieties tolerant to increasingly variable weather patterns and water stress.
Key measures
Peptide signalling pathways; gene expression regulation; stress response phenotypes; plant growth and developmental parameters
Outcomes reported
The review likely catalogues the functional roles of small signalling peptides in regulating plant growth, development, and responses to abiotic and biotic stresses, drawing on molecular and genetic evidence across model and crop plant species.
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