Abiotic stress significantly limits plant growth and production. Drought, in particular, is a
severe constraint that affects growth and limits agricultural productivity on a global scale …

Main conclusion Lead disrupts plant metabolic homeostasis and key structural elements.
Utilizing modern biotechnology tools, it's feasible to develop Pb-tolerant varieties by …

An investigation was conducted to assess proline anabolism and catabolism pathway genes
under drought stress. Treatments were irrigation in three levels (25, 50 and 100% field …

Drought stress during the ripening phenological period has adverse effects on pomegranate
(Punica granatum L.) fruit productivity, characteristics and composition, depending on the …

The current study evaluated the physiological response of four seven-month-old pistachio
rootstocks (Badami, Ghazvini, UCB-1 and Kaleh-Ghouchi) under a four-day cold stress …

Cultivating productive paddy crops on salty soil to maximise production is a challenging
approach to meeting the world's growing food demand. Thus, determining salinity tolerance …

Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are unavoidable by-products of normal cell metabolism.
ROS are generated by electron transport activities of the chloroplast, mitochondria, and …

The growing of medicinal plants has proven to be financially beneficial to the
pharmaceutical and medical industries. These plants are rich in active ingredients that can …

The increasing human population and the changing climate, which have given rise to
frequent drought spells, pose a serious threat to global food security, while identification of …

Key message The drought and salt tolerances of wheat were enhanced by ectopic
expression of the Arabidopsis ornithine aminotransferase (AtOAT) encoded gene. The OAT …