Heavy metal contamination of agricultural fields has become a global concern as it causes a
direct impact on human health. Rice is the major food crop for almost half of the world …

Background The immobile nature of plants means that they can be frequently confronted by
various biotic and abiotic stresses during their lifecycle. Among the various abiotic stresses …

Abiotic stresses are responsible for the major losses in crop yield all over the world. Stresses
generate harmful ROS which can impair cellular processes in plants. Therefore, plants have …

Evolutionary processes have evolved plants to cope with several different natural stresses.
Basic physiological activities of crop plants are significantly harmed by these stresses …

Background Water deficit is an abiotic stress that retards plant growth and destabilizes crop
production. Long non coding RNAs (lncRNAs) are a class of non-coding endogenous RNAs …

Arsenic (As) contamination is a major environmental issue that leads to serious health risks
for living organisms. Growth, development, metabolic system, and yield of crops are …

Crop yield is challenged every year worldwide by changing climatic conditions. The
forecasted climatic scenario urgently demands stress-tolerant crop varieties to feed the ever …

Drought stress is one of the most severe abiotic stresses that restrict global crop production.
Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) have been proved to play a key role in response to …

In plants, arsenic (As) stress modulates metabolic cascades at various developmental
stages by influencing the pattern of gene expressions mediated by small non-coding RNAs …

Drought stress strongly affects crop yield. Although knowledge of long non-coding RNAs
(lncRNAs) has been updated continuously and rapidly, information about lncRNAs in …