To ensure the food security of future generations and to address the challenge of the 'no
hunger zone'proposed by the FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization), crop production …

High temperature (HT) stress is a major environmental stress that limits plant growth,
metabolism, and productivity worldwide. Plant growth and development involve numerous …

Plants acquire enhanced tolerance to intermittent abiotic stress by employing information
obtained during prior exposure to an environmental disturbance, a process known as …

Rapid and drastic changes in the global climate today have given a strong impetus to
developing newer climate-resilient phytoremediation approaches. These methods are of …

As the result of intensive research and breeding efforts over the last 20 years, the yield
potential and yield quality of cereals have been greatly improved. Nowadays, yield safety …

Climate change may increase storms, flooding and other harsh weather events and, thus,
change geographical crop distribution, growing season and may also shorten the growth …

Abiotic stresses, especially salinity and drought, are the primary causes of crop loss
worldwide. Plant adaptation to environmental stresses is dependent upon the activation of …

Rice (Oryza sativa L.) is a globally important cereal plant, and as a primary source of food it
accounts for 35–75% of the calorie intake of more than 3 billion humans. With the likely …

Rice is highly sensitive to temperature stress (cold and heat), particularly during the
reproductive and grain-filling stages. In this review, we discuss the effects of low-and high …

Since the publication of the third edition of the Handbook of Plant and Crop Stress,
continuous discoveries in the fields of plant and crop environmental stresses and their …