Salinity is one of the rising problems causing tremendous yield losses in many regions of the
world especially in arid and semiarid regions. To maximize crop productivity, these areas …

▪ Abstract Plant responses to salinity stress are reviewed with emphasis on molecular
mechanisms of signal transduction and on the physiological consequences of altered gene …

Agricultural productivity worldwide is subject to increasing environmental constraints,
particularly to drought and salinity due to their high magnitude of impact and wide …

Safflower is one of the oldest cultivated crops, usually grown at a small scale. Safflower is
grown for flowers used for coloring, flavoring foods, dyes, medicinal properties, and livestock …

▪ Abstract Molecular studies of drought stress in plants use a variety of strategies and include
different species subjected to a wide range of water deficits. Initial research has by necessity …

Many plants accumulate organic osmolytes in response to the imposition of environmental
stresses that cause cellular dehydration. Although an adaptive role for these compounds in …

Salinity is a major abiotic stress affecting approximately 7% of the world's total land area
resulting in billion dollar losses in crop production around the globe. Recent progress in …

The ability to adapt to altered availability of free water is a fundamental property of living
cells. The principles underlying osmoadaptation are well conserved. The yeast …

Although they represent only 2% of terrestrial plant species, halophytes are present in about
half the higher plant families and represent a wide diversity of plant forms. Despite their …

Calcineurin is a eukaryotic Ca2+-and calmodulin-dependent serine/threonine protein
phosphatase. It is a heterodimeric protein consisting of a catalytic subunit calcineurin A …