Maize (Zea mays L.) is one of the main cereals grown around the world. It is used for human
and animal nutrition and also as biofuel. However, as a direct consequence of global climate …

Aridity, characterized by a prolonged and natural imbalance in water availability, results in
reduced soil moisture, which directly affects plant distribution and limits crop productivity …

We evaluated surface-based analysis for assessing the possible relationship between the
microstructural properties and particulate matter (ie, two size fractions of PM2. 5 and PM10) …

Trichomes are well-known efficient plant defense mechanisms to limit arthropod herbivory,
especially in Solanaceae. The present study aims to evaluate the impact of trichome types …

Key message Drought stress response studies and overexpression of vun-miR408 proved it
to be essential for abiotic stress tolerance in cowpea. Abstract Small RNA and transcriptome …

Trichomes are hair-like structures that are essential for abiotic and biotic stress responses.
Tomato Hair (H), encoding a C2H2 zinc finger protein, was found to regulate the …

The aim of the current study was to investigate the drought tolerance of Vicia faba L. using
biochar and plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) Sphingobacterium pakistanensis …

Background Rosette leaf trichomes of Arabidopsis thaliana have been broadly used to study
cell development, cell differentiation and, more recently, cell wall biogenesis. However …

Botrytis cinerea is an important generalist fungal plant pathogen that causes great economic
losses. Conventional detection methods to identify B. cinerea infections rely on visual …

Resistance genes to pests such as Bemisia tabaci and Tuta absoluta can be abundant in
wild tomato genotypes. For breeding program initiatives, the characterization of the …