Physiological responses to drought, salinity, and heat stress in plants: a review

TB Dos Santos, AF Ribas, SGH de Souza… - Stresses, 2022 - mdpi.com
On the world stage, the increase in temperatures due to global warming is already a reality
that has become one of the main challenges faced by the scientific community. Since …

Smart reprograming of plants against salinity stress using modern biotechnological tools

A Raza, J Tabassum, AZ Fakhar, R Sharif… - Critical reviews in …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Climate change gives rise to numerous environmental stresses, including soil salinity.
Salinity/salt stress is the second biggest abiotic factor affecting agricultural productivity …

Developing drought‐smart, ready‐to‐grow future crops

A Raza, MS Mubarik, R Sharif, M Habib… - The Plant …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Breeding crop plants with increased yield potential and improved tolerance to stressful
environments is critical for global food security. Drought stress (DS) adversely affects …

Transcription factors interact with ABA through gene expression and signaling pathways to mitigate drought and salinity stress

Q Hussain, M Asim, R Zhang, R Khan, S Farooq, J Wu - Biomolecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
Among abiotic stressors, drought and salinity seriously affect crop growth worldwide. In
plants, research has aimed to increase stress-responsive protein synthesis upstream or …

Engineering drought and salinity tolerance traits in crops through CRISPR-mediated genome editing: Targets, tools, challenges, and perspectives

RM Shelake, US Kadam, R Kumar, D Pramanik… - Plant …, 2022 - cell.com
Prolonged periods of drought triggered by climate change hamper plant growth and cause
substantial agricultural yield losses every year. In addition to drought, salinity is one of the …

[HTML][HTML] Role of endophytic bacteria in salinity stress amelioration by physiological and molecular mechanisms of defense: A comprehensive review

B Ali, A Hafeez, MA Javed, MS Afridi, HA Abbasi… - South African Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Climate change is a major concern for sustainable agriculture in the twenty-first century, as it
has an impact on crop production and soil fertility, which may increase the risk of famine. Of …

Next-generation breeding strategies for climate-ready crops

A Razzaq, P Kaur, N Akhter, SH Wani… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Climate change is a threat to global food security due to the reduction of crop productivity
around the globe. Food security is a matter of concern for stakeholders and policymakers as …

Abiotic stress in plants; stress perception to molecular response and role of biotechnological tools in stress resistance

QM Imran, N Falak, A Hussain, BG Mun, BW Yun - Agronomy, 2021 - mdpi.com
Plants, due to their sessile nature, face several environmental adversities. Abiotic stresses
such as heat, cold, drought, heavy metals, and salinity are serious threats to plant production …

New approaches to improve crop tolerance to biotic and abiotic stresses

M Gonzalez Guzman, F Cellini… - Physiologia …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
During the last years, a great effort has been dedicated at the development and employment
of diverse approaches for achieving more stress‐tolerant and climate‐flexible crops and …

Multiplex CRISPR/Cas9-mediated genome editing to address drought tolerance in wheat

NA Abdallah, H Elsharawy, HA Abulela… - GM crops & …, 2025 - Taylor & Francis
Genome editing tools have rapidly been adopted by plant scientists for crop improvement.
Genome editing using a multiplex sgRNA-CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing system is a useful …