Despite the intensive management practices available to modern agriculture, drought and
salinity are still major constraints on crop production and food security. Yield losses to …

Background Cotton production is adversely effected by drought stress. It is exposed to
drought stress at various critical growth stages grown under a water scarcity environment …

Productivity of sunflower is strongly regulated by the availability of water and greatest yield
losses occur when water shortage occurs at flowering. Therefore, it is critical to manage the …

Leaf size (ie, leaf surface area and leaf dry mass) profoundly affects a variety of biological
carbon, water and energy processes. Therefore, the remarkable variability in individual leaf …

Drought stress imposes substantial constraints on the growth and production of wheat
(Triticum aestivum L.), a globally important cereal crop essential for food security. To mitigate …

Cotton is a precious commodity that offers raw material to the textile industry. This crop is
grown in tropical and sub-tropical regions of the world. Abiotic stresses exerts negative …

Abstract Background Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) is one of the most important cash
crops worldwide. Fine roots are the central part of the root system that contributes to plant …

Drought is a worldwide problem, getting more serious with global climate change. Among
various strategies, seed priming is the simplest approach for improving drought tolerance in …

Continuous discoveries in plant and crop physiology have resulted in an abundance of new
information since the publication of the second edition of the Handbook of Plant and Crop …

Cotton breeders in the United States strive to develop region‐specific genotypes adapted to
low temperatures and variable soil moistures during early‐season planting. Nine elite …