One of the most significant environmental factors affecting plant growth, development and
productivity is salt stress. The damage caused by salt to plants mainly includes ionic …

Soil salinity is among the leading environmental stresses affecting global agriculture,
causing billions of dollars in crop damages every year. Regardless of the cause, ion toxicity …

Iron (Fe) deficiency and toxicity are the most widely prevalent soil-related micronutrient
disorders in rice (Oryza sativa L.). Progress in rice cultivars with improved tolerance has …

Maintenance of root growth is essential for plant adaptation to soil drying. Here, we tested
the hypothesis that auxin transport is involved in mediating ABA's modulation by activating …

Abstract The 14-3-3 proteins widely exist in almost all plant species. They specifically
recognize and interact with phosphorylated target proteins, including protein kinases …

In plants, the expression of 14-3-3 genes reacts to various adverse environmental
conditions, including cold, high salt, and drought. Although these results suggest that 14-3-3 …

Background Drought is the major constraint to increase yield in chickpea (Cicer arietinum).
Improving drought tolerance is therefore of outmost importance for breeding. However, the …

Background The basic helix-loop-helix (bHLH) proteins, a large transcription factors family,
are involved in plant growth and development, and defensive response to various …

The continued importance of tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) as a vegetable and
salad commodity is reflected by the large volume of research on virtually all aspects of the …

Background Reference genes are commonly used as the endogenous normalisation
measure for the relative quantification of target genes. The appropriate application of …