There is a pressing need to improve climate-resilient crops as a consequence of
increasingly erratic climatic behavior that threatens global food security. Current scientific …

Cadmium (Cd), a toxic heavy metal, affects the yield and quality of crops. Wheat (Triticum
aestivum L.) can accumulate high Cd content in the grain, which poses a major worldwide …

Drought is common in most regions of the world, and it has a significant impact on plant
growth and development. Plants, on the other hand, have evolved their own defense …

Abstract Piriformospora indica (P. indica), an endophytic root fungus, supports the growth
and enhanced tolerance of plants to biotic and abiotic stresses. Several recent studies …

Water-deficit and heat stress negatively impact crop production. Mechanisms underlying the
response of durum wheat to such stresses are not well understood. With the new durum …

MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are major regulators of gene expression during plant development
under normal and stress conditions. In this study, we analyzed the expression of 150 …

In plants, RNA interference (RNAi) generates small interfering (si) RNAs from entire
genomes of viruses, satellites and viroids. Therefore, deep small (s) RNA sequencing is a …

Drought stress is a major obstacle to agricultural production. Tibetan wild barley with rich
genetic diversity is useful for drought-tolerant improvement of cereals. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) …

In response to rapidly changing environment, plants have employed a plethora of
mechanisms that provide phenotypic plasticity and allow fine-tuning of stress-response …

Phytophthora cinnamomi is considered one of the most destructive pathogens of ornamental
crops. Different fungicides and host plant defense inducers were tested for their efficacy in …