Sustainable agricultural production is critically antagonistic by fluctuating unfavorable
environmental conditions. The introduction of mineral elements emerged as the most …

Plants are very often confronted by different heavy metal (HM) stressors that adversely
impair their growth and productivity. Among HMs, chromium (Cr) is one of the most prevalent …

The major challenges that agriculture is facing in the twenty-first century are increasing
droughts, water scarcity, flooding, poorer soils, and extreme temperatures due to climate …

Humans rely heavily on cereal grains as a key source of nutrients, hence regular
improvement of cereal crops is essential for ensuring food security. The current food crisis at …

Virus and viroid-free apple rootstocks are necessary for large-scale nursery propagation of
apple (Malus domestica) trees. Apple stem grooving virus (ASGV) and Apple chlorotic leaf …

High-throughput sequencing technologies (HSTs) have revolutionized crop breeding. The
advent of these technologies has enabled the identification of beneficial quantitative trait loci …

Abiotic stressors such as drought, low temperature, heavy metals, waterlogging, nutrient
imbalance, and salinity are major factors that affect the growth and development of crop …

Crop production plays a critical role in global food security, with key commodities such as
corn, wheat, soybean, and rice ranking among the most widely cultivated crops. These major …

With increasing frequency and severity of droughts in various parts of the world, agricultural
productivity may suffer major setbacks. Among all the abiotic factors, drought is likely to have …

With the advent of Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats (CRISPR)
and CRISPR-associated protein (Cas) mediated genome editing, crop improvement has …