Agriculture is directly linked to human life, providing food for survival and health. It is threatened by a number of challenges, such as climate change, resource depletion, and …
Plant growth and development are vastly affected by different abiotic and biotic stresses. Seed priming is an effective tool for increasing seed germination and plant growth that will …
Photosynthesis is a process that has got immense importance due to its unique role in sustaining life on earth. Exposure to various biotic and abiotic stresses adversely affects the …
A Pagano, A Macovei, A Balestrazzi - Plant Cell Reports, 2023 - Springer
Key message The potential of seed priming is still not fully exploited. Our limited knowledge of the molecular dynamics of seed pre-germinative metabolism is the main hindrance to …
MN Khan, J Zhang, T Luo, J Liu, M Rizwan… - Industrial Crops and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Water stress encumbers the rapeseed growth and development primarily by oxidative alteration to biological membranes and interrupted tissue water status. Seedling tolerance to …
Key message A detailed study of the response of wheat plants, inoculated with drought- tolerant PGPR is studied which would be beneficial to achieve genetic improvement of …
Drought stress (DS) challenges sustainable agriculture production by limiting crop growth and development. The objective of the study was to evaluate the effect of melatonin-priming …
C Jacques, C Salon, RL Barnard, V Vernoud… - Plants, 2021 - mdpi.com
Plants are sessile organisms whose survival depends on their strategy to cope with dynamic, stressful conditions. It is urgent to improve the ability of crops to adapt to recurrent …
Seed priming is a pre‐germination treatment administered through various chemical, physical and biological agents, which induce mild stress during the early phases of …