Drought Stress Responses: Coping Strategy and Resistance

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dc.abstract.enPlants’ resistance to stress factors is a complex trait that is a result of changes at the molecular, metabolic, and physiological levels. The plant resistance strategy means the ability to survive, recover, and reproduce under adverse conditions. Harmful environmental factors affect the state of stress in plant tissues, which creates a signal triggering metabolic events responsible for resistance, including avoidance and/or tolerance mechanisms. Unfortunately, the term ‘stress resistance’ is often used in the literature interchangeably with ‘stress tolerance’. This paper highlights the differences between the terms ‘stress tolerance’ and ‘stress resistance’, based on the results of experiments focused on plants’ responses to drought. The ability to avoid or tolerate dehydration is crucial in the resistance to drought at cellular and tissue levels (biological resistance). However, it is not necessarily crucial in crop resistance to drought if we take into account agronomic criteria (agricultural resistance). For the plant user (farmer, grower), resistance to stress means not only the ability to cope with a stress factor, but also the achievement of a stable yield and good quality. Therefore, it is important to recognize both particular plant coping strategies (stress avoidance, stress tolerance) and their influence on the resistance, assessed using well-defined criteria.
dc.affiliationWydział Rolnictwa, Ogrodnictwa i Bioinżynierii
dc.affiliation.instituteKatedra Fizjologii Roślin
dc.contributor.authorBandurska, Hanna
dc.date.access2026-03-16
dc.date.accessioned2026-03-25T11:20:44Z
dc.date.available2026-03-25T11:20:44Z
dc.date.copyright2022-03-29
dc.date.issued2022
dc.description.abstract<jats:p>Plants’ resistance to stress factors is a complex trait that is a result of changes at the molecular, metabolic, and physiological levels. The plant resistance strategy means the ability to survive, recover, and reproduce under adverse conditions. Harmful environmental factors affect the state of stress in plant tissues, which creates a signal triggering metabolic events responsible for resistance, including avoidance and/or tolerance mechanisms. Unfortunately, the term ‘stress resistance’ is often used in the literature interchangeably with ‘stress tolerance’. This paper highlights the differences between the terms ‘stress tolerance’ and ‘stress resistance’, based on the results of experiments focused on plants’ responses to drought. The ability to avoid or tolerate dehydration is crucial in the resistance to drought at cellular and tissue levels (biological resistance). However, it is not necessarily crucial in crop resistance to drought if we take into account agronomic criteria (agricultural resistance). For the plant user (farmer, grower), resistance to stress means not only the ability to cope with a stress factor, but also the achievement of a stable yield and good quality. Therefore, it is important to recognize both particular plant coping strategies (stress avoidance, stress tolerance) and their influence on the resistance, assessed using well-defined criteria.</jats:p>
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dc.description.number7
dc.description.points70
dc.description.versionfinal_published
dc.description.volume11
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/plants11070922
dc.identifier.issn2223-7747
dc.identifier.urihttps://sciencerep.up.poznan.pl/handle/item/7930
dc.identifier.weblinkhttps://www.mdpi.com/2223-7747/11/7/922
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dc.relation.pagesart. 922
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dc.share.typeOPEN_JOURNAL
dc.subject.endrought
dc.subject.enstate of stress
dc.subject.entolerance
dc.subject.enavoidance
dc.subject.enyield
dc.subject.enstress survival
dc.subtypeReviewArticle
dc.titleDrought Stress Responses: Coping Strategy and Resistance
dc.title.volumeSpecial Issue 10th Anniversary of Plants—Recent Advances and Perspectives
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