Several environmental stresses, including biotic and abiotic factors, adversely affect the
growth and development of crops, thereby lowering their yield. However, abiotic factors, eg …

Plant secondary metabolites (PSMs) are vital for human health and constitute the skeletal
framework of many pharmaceutical drugs. Indeed, more than 25% of the existing drugs …

Drought (water deficits) and heat (high temperatures) stress are the prime abiotic
constraints, under the current and climate change scenario in future. Any further increase in …

High-throughput phenotyping has been widely studied in plant science to monitor plant
growth and analyze the influence of genotypes and environment on plant growth. To meet …

Melatonin is involved in regulating plant growth and responding to multiple environmental
stresses. The underlying mechanism by which melatonin mediates drought tolerance in …

Plant secondary metabolites are unique sources for pharmaceuticals, food additives, flavors,
and industrially important biochemicals. Accumulation of such metabolites often occurs in …

Drought is a severe environmental constraint to plant productivity. Being a multidimensional
stress, it triggers a wide variety of plant responses ranging from physiological, biochemical …

Aloe vera L. is one of the most important medicinal plants in the world. In order to determine
the effects of light intensity and water deficit stress on chlorophyll (Chl) fluorescence and …

Plant growth and productivity is adversely affected by nature's wrath in the form of various
biotic and abiotic stress factors. Water deficit is one of the major abiotic stresses, which …

Agriculture is major sector in the economy of Central Asia. The sustainable use of
agricultural land is therefore essential to economic growth, human well-being, social equity …