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 …

Various abiotic stress factors significantly contribute to major worldwide-losses in crop
productivity by mainly impacting plant's stress tolerance/adaptive capacity. The latter is …

Drought is one of the major environmental stresses that negatively affect the maize (Zea
mays L.) growth and production throughout the world. Foliar applications of plant growth …

Rice (Oryza sativa L.) is the staple food for nearly half of the world's population and is
cultivated in approximately 160 million hectares of land globally, mostly in Asia, where about …

The present investigation was conducted to assess the ameliorative effects of foliar‐applied
trehalose on growth, photosynthetic attributes, water relation parameters and oxidative …

Drought and ultraviolet radiation (UV radiation) are the coexisting environmental factors that
negatively affect plant growth and development via oxidative damage. Flavonoids are …

Polyamines are unique polycationic metabolites, controlling a variety of vital functions in
plants, including growth and stress responses. Over the last two decades a bulk of data was …

Water deficit is a serious environmental stress and the major constraint to rice productivity.
Losses in rice yield due to water shortage probably exceed losses from all other causes …

Key message Exogenously supplied BR and JA help KS101 and KBS3 genotypes of
Brassica rapa to alleviate drought stress by modifying osmolyte concentration, levels of …

A study was carried out to evaluate the effectiveness of sugar beet extract (SBE) and glycine
betaine (GB) in mitigating the adverse effects of drought stress on two maize cultivars. Seeds …