In field conditions, crops are adversely affected by a wide range of abiotic stresses including
drought, cold, salt, and heat, as well as biotic stresses including pests and pathogens. These …

Amid apprehension of global climate change, crop plants are inevitably confronted with a
myriad of abiotic stress factors during their growth that inflicts a serious threat to their …

Main conclusion Droughts negatively affect sorghum's productivity and nutritional quality.
Across its diversity centers, however, there exist resilient genotypes that function differently …

Sorghum is one of the staple crops for millions of people in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and
South Asia (SA). The future climate in these sorghum production regions is likely to have …

Plants produce a wide range of secondary metabolites that play vital roles for their primary
functions such as growth, defence, adaptations or reproduction. Some of the plant …

WRKY transcription factors have been suggested to play important roles in response and
adaptation to drought stress. However, how sorghum WRKY transcription factors function in …

Background Members of the basic helix-loop-helix (bHLH) transcription factor family perform
indispensable functions in various biological processes, such as plant growth, seed …

Abstract Background Crop wild relatives (CWRs) are commonly used as a suitable genetic
reservoir for plant breeding. They can be used for enhancing the tolerance of plant varieties …

Drought stress severely threatens the yield of cereal crops. Therefore, understanding the
molecular mechanism of drought stress response of plants is crucial for developing drought …

Wax accumulation on the sorghum surface plays an important role in drought tolerance by
preventing non-stomatal water loss. Thereby, the effect of post-flowering drought stress …