FERONIA homologs in stress responses of horticultural plants: current knowledge and missing links

• DOI: 10.1007/s44154-024-00161-1
• Publication Date: 2024-06-07T10:02:11Z
• Authors: Xinhua Huang; Yuhan Liu; Yanhong Jia; Lizhu Ji; Xiaomin Luo; Shiping Tian; Tong Chen
• Keywords: 0303 health sciences; 03 medical and health sciences; QH301-705.5; Stress responses; Review; Biology (General); FERONIA; Receptor-like kinase; Horticultural crops

AbstractOwing to its versatile roles in almost all aspects of plants, FERONIA (FER), a receptor-like kinase of the Catharanthus roseus receptor-like kinase 1-like (CrRLK1L) subfamily, has received extensive research interests during the past decades. Accumulating evidence has been emerged that FER homologs in horticultural crops also play crucial roles in reproductive biology and responses to environmental stimuli (abiotic and biotic stress factors). Here, we provide a review for the latest advances in the studies on FER homologs in modulating stress responses in horticultural crops, and further analyze the underlying mechanisms maintained by FER. Moreover, we also envisage the missing links in current work and provide a perspective for future studies on this star protein.