The critical role of zinc in plants facing the drought stress

M Umair Hassan, M Aamer, M Umer Chattha, T Haiying… - Agriculture, 2020 - mdpi.com
Drought stress affects plant growth and development by altering physiological and
biochemical processes resulting in reduced crop productivity. Zinc (Zn) is an essential …

Chilling and drought stresses in crop plants: implications, cross talk, and potential management opportunities

HA Hussain, S Hussain, A Khaliq, U Ashraf… - Frontiers in plant …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Plants face a combination of different abiotic stresses under field conditions which are lethal
to plant growth and production. Simultaneous occurrence of chilling and drought stresses in …

Insight into the role of PGPR in sustainable agriculture and environment

P Mohanty, PK Singh, D Chakraborty… - … in Sustainable Food …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
A multitude of roles is played by microbes in food and agriculture that include nutrient
cycling and management, organic matter decomposition and fermentation. Plant growth …

Drought stress in sunflower: Physiological effects and its management through breeding and agronomic alternatives

M Hussain, S Farooq, W Hasan, S Ul-Allah… - Agricultural water …, 2018 - Elsevier
Drought is the most important crop production limiting factor in the changing climate
scenario and its intensity is predicted to increase in future. Sunflower is an important oilseed …

Bacterial-mediated drought tolerance: current and future prospects

E Ngumbi, J Kloepper - Applied Soil Ecology, 2016 - Elsevier
With ongoing climate change, the severity, frequency and duration of drought in cotton
(Gossypium hirsutum L.), soybean (Glycine max L.), and corn (Zea mays L.) producing areas …

Plant growth promoting rhizobacterial mitigation of drought stress in crop plants: implications for sustainable agriculture

OB Ojuederie, OS Olanrewaju, OO Babalola - Agronomy, 2019 - mdpi.com
Abiotic stresses arising from climate change negates crop growth and yield, leading to food
insecurity. Drought causes oxidative stress on plants, arising from excessive production of …

Drought stress in plants: an overview

M Farooq, M Hussain, A Wahid… - Plant responses to drought …, 2012 - Springer
Drought is one of the major constraints limiting crop production worldwide. Crop growth
models predict that this issue will be more severe in future. Drought impairs normal growth …

Melatonin mediated regulation of drought stress: physiological and molecular aspects

A Sharma, B Zheng - Plants, 2019 - mdpi.com
Drought stress adversely effects physiological and biochemical processes of plants, leading
to a reduction in plant productivity. Plants try to protect themselves via activation of their …

Drought tolerance improvement in plants: an endophytic bacterial approach

A Ullah, M Nisar, H Ali, A Hazrat, K Hayat… - Applied Microbiology …, 2019 - Springer
Climate change is a crucial issue among the serious emerging problems which got a global
attention in the last few decades. With the climate change, worldwide crop production has …

Drought-tolerant phosphorus-solubilizing microbes: biodiversity and biotechnological applications for alleviation of drought stress in plants

D Kour, KL Rana, AN Yadav, N Yadav, V Kumar… - Plant growth promoting …, 2019 - Springer
Drought is one of the major abiotic stresses accepted as the main constraint for loss of the
crop yield worldwide. Further, problems are created by nutrient limitations particularly low …