Wheat constitutes pivotal position for ensuring food and nutritional security; however, rapidly
rising soil and water salinity pose a serious threat to its production globally. Salinity stress …

Background Salinity is a global issue threatening agricultural production systems across the
globe. While the major focus of plant salinity stress tolerance research has been on sodium …

Wheat is consumed as a staple food by more than 36% of world population. Wheat provides
nearly 55% of the carbohydrates and 20% of the food calories consumed globally. The …

Wheat growth, development and yield are severely affected by a wide range of abiotic
stresses, and salt stress is a vital and increasing abiotic stress. Salicylic acid (SA) is a …

Late embryogenesis abundant (LEA) proteins are highly hydrophilic proteins with key roles
in environmental stress responses. In this study, we performed the first survey of the LEA …

Dehydrins, an important group of late embryogenesis abundant proteins, accumulate in
response to dehydration stresses and play protective roles under stress conditions. Herein …

Saline and hypersaline environments make up the largest ecosystem on earth and the
organisms living in such water-restricted environments have developed unique ways to …

Introduction: Abiotic stresses significantly reduce crop yield by adversely affecting many
physio-biochemical processes. Several physiological traits have been targeted and …

The most important types of abiotic stress that affect agricultural crops throughout the world
are drought and salinity. These stresses will continue to worsen as the current climate crisis …

The reuse of oilfield produced water (PW) for agricultural irrigation has received increased
attention for utility in drought-stricken regions. It was recently demonstrated that PW irrigation …