PMID- 27379115 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE DCOM- 20160706 LR - 20231111 IS - 1664-462X (Print) IS - 1664-462X (Electronic) IS - 1664-462X (Linking) VI - 7 DP - 2016 TI - Jasmonates: Multifunctional Roles in Stress Tolerance. PG - 813 LID - 10.3389/fpls.2016.00813 [doi] LID - 813 AB - Jasmonates (JAs) [Jasmonic acid (JA) and methyl jasmonates (MeJAs)] are known to take part in various physiological processes. Exogenous application of JAs so far tested on different plants under abiotic stresses particularly salinity, drought, and temperature (low/high) conditions have proved effective in improving plant stress tolerance. However, its extent of effectiveness entirely depends on the type of plant species tested or its concentration. The effects of introgression or silencing of different JA- and Me-JA-related genes have been summarized in this review, which have shown a substantial role in improving crop yield and quality in different plants under stress or non-stress conditions. Regulation of JAs synthesis is impaired in stressed as well as unstressed plant cells/tissues, which is believed to be associated with a variety of metabolic events including signal transduction. Although, mitogen activated protein kinases (MAPKs) are important components of JA signaling and biosynthesis pathways, nitric oxide, ROS, calcium, ABA, ethylene, and salicylic acid are also important mediators of plant growth and development during JA signal transduction and synthesis. The exploration of other signaling molecules can be beneficial to examine the details of underlying molecular mechanisms of JA signal transduction. Much work is to be done in near future to find the proper answers of the questions like action of JA related metabolites, and identification of universal JA receptors etc. Complete signaling pathways involving MAPKs, CDPK, TGA, SIPK, WIPK, and WRKY transcription factors are yet to be investigated to understand the complete mechanism of action of JAs. FAU - Ahmad, Parvaiz AU - Ahmad P AD - Department of Botany, S.P. CollegeSrinagar, India; Department of Botany and Microbiology, College of Sciences, King Saud UniversityRiyadh, Saudi Arabia. FAU - Rasool, Saiema AU - Rasool S AD - Forest Biotech Lab, Department of Forest Management, Faculty of Forestry, Universiti Putra Malaysia Selangor, Malaysia. FAU - Gul, Alvina AU - Gul A AD - Atta-ur-Rahman School of Applied Biosciences, National University of Science and Technology Islamabad, Pakistan. FAU - Sheikh, Subzar A AU - Sheikh SA AD - Department of Botany, Govt. Degree College (Boys), Anantnag Anantnag, India. FAU - Akram, Nudrat A AU - Akram NA AD - Department of Botany, GC University Faisalabad Faisalabad, Pakistan. FAU - Ashraf, Muhammad AU - Ashraf M AD - Department of Botany and Microbiology, College of Sciences, King Saud UniversityRiyadh, Saudi Arabia; Pakistan Science FoundationIslamabad, Pakistan. FAU - Kazi, A M AU - Kazi AM AD - Department of Botany, University of Sargodha Sargodha, Pakistan. FAU - Gucel, Salih AU - Gucel S AD - Centre for Environmental Research, Near East University Nicosia, Cyprus. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Review DEP - 20160615 PL - Switzerland TA - Front Plant Sci JT - Frontiers in plant science JID - 101568200 PMC - PMC4908892 OTO - NOTNLM OT - MAPK cascades OT - jasmonate biosynthesis OT - physiological responses OT - plant stress tolerance OT - signaling pathway EDAT- 2016/07/06 06:00 MHDA- 2016/07/06 06:01 PMCR- 2016/01/01 CRDT- 2016/07/06 06:00 PHST- 2016/04/07 00:00 [received] PHST- 2016/05/25 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2016/07/06 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2016/07/06 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2016/07/06 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2016/01/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.3389/fpls.2016.00813 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Front Plant Sci. 2016 Jun 15;7:813. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2016.00813. eCollection 2016.