Key message The potential of seed priming is still not fully exploited. Our limited knowledge
of the molecular dynamics of seed pre-germinative metabolism is the main hindrance to …

Food security is one of the most important challenges worldwide and will become even more
challenging with increasing impacts of climate change. Developing ways of increasing the …

Abiotic stress is a major threat to the farming community, biasing the crop productivity in arid
and semi-arid regions of the world. The seed is an important component of agriculture …

Soybean (Glycine max Merr.) is a worldwide important legume crop, whose growth and yield
are negatively affected by heat stress at germination time. Here, we tested the role of a …

During the last century, advances in recognizing plant-derived chemicals have led to
potential biological substances of significant implications in medicine and agriculture …

Melon (Cucumis melo L.) is an important horticultural crop worldwide. Continuous cropping
obstacle occurs in many melon cultivation area, resulting in poor plant growth and fruit …

Cantaloupe is a nutritive and popular commercial fruit crop. Soil moisture deficit could
seriously jeopardize the yield and quality of cantaloupe. Salicylic acid (SA) has a proven …

Seed priming, a pre-sowing technique that enhances the antioxidant/DNA repair activities
during the pre-germinative metabolism, still retains empirical features. We explore for the …

Soil salinity is one of the significant abiotic threats to crops that deteriorates crop yields, and
the world's increasing population faces serious food problems due to abiotic threats. It is one …

Biofungicides use living organisms and their by-products for the management of severe
fungal pathogens in crop plants. They have emerged as a key player in sustainable …