Abiotic stresses and soil nutrient limitations are major environmental conditions that reduce
plant growth, productivity and quality. Plants have evolved mechanisms to perceive these …

In many regions of the world, the incidence and extent of drought spells are predicted to
increase which will create considerable pressure on global agricultural yields. Most likely …

In field conditions, crops are adversely affected by a wide range of abiotic stresses including
drought, cold, salt, and heat, as well as biotic stresses including pests and pathogens. These …

Amid apprehension of global climate change, crop plants are inevitably confronted with a
myriad of abiotic stress factors during their growth that inflicts a serious threat to their …

Approximately 5.2 billion hectare agriculture land are affected by erosion, salinity and soil
degradation. Salinity stress has significantly affecting the fertile lands, and therefore …

Increasing vulnerability of plants to a variety of stresses such as drought, salt and extreme
temperatures poses a global threat to sustained growth and productivity of major crops. Of …

Plants being sessile entities are often subjected to varied environmental stresses. They have
developed an alternative defense mechanism that involves a vast variety of secondary …

Plants often encounter unfavorable environmental conditions because of their sessile
lifestyle. These adverse factors greatly affect the geographic distribution of plants, as well as …

Salinity is a major abiotic stress limiting growth and productivity of plants in many areas of
the world due to increasing use of poor quality of water for irrigation and soil salinization …

Maize production is threatened by drought stress worldwide. Identification of the genetic
components underlying drought tolerance in maize is of great importance. Here we report a …