Plants are exposed to increasingly severe drought events and roots play vital roles in
maintaining plant survival, growth, and reproduction. A large body of literature has …

Radish is a root vegetable of the Brassicaceae family that is grown and eaten all over the
world. It is often consumed raw as a crisp salad vegetable with a strong flavor. Therefore …

Sodium nitroprusside (SNP), which produces nitric oxide (NO) has the well-documented
potential to alleviate the adverse effects of various abiotic stressors such as salinity. The …

Water deficit is the most critical factor limiting plant growth and production and salicylic acid
(SA) has potential for stress mitigation in plants; therefore, we evaluated the effect of SA on …

Populations of widely distributed species often exhibit geographic variation in functional
traits in response to environmental heterogeneity. Such trait variation may be the result of …

Polyploidization is an evolutionarily and mechanistically intriguing process, that requires
harmonization of genomic and regulatory interactions among divergent genome groups …

Drought and heavy metal stress are among the most important stress factors that negatively
affect plant growth. This study was carried out to determine the individual and combined …

Silicon is the second most abundant element in the Earth's crust and has several beneficial
effects on plants, such as increase photosynthetic capacity and improve the architecture of …

During 21 st century, abiotic stress has adversely affected the agriculture crop production
around the globe. Keeping in view the food requirement under water shortage condition, a …

Changing climates threaten crop growth and fodder yields in dryland farming. This study
assessed two radish genotypes (LINE 2, ENDURANCE) under three water regimes (W1 …