Drought stress, which causes a decline in quality and quantity of crop yields, has become
more accentuated these days due to climatic change. Serious measures need to be taken to …

In the growth condition (s) of plants, numerous secondary metabolites (SMs) are produced
by them to serve variety of cellular functions essential for physiological processes, and …

Climate change is causing soil salinization, resulting in crop losses throughout the world.
The ability of plants to tolerate salt stress is determined by multiple biochemical and …

Several environmental stresses, including biotic and abiotic factors, adversely affect the
growth and development of crops, thereby lowering their yield. However, abiotic factors, eg …

Abiotic stresses, such as low or high temperature, deficient or excessive water, high salinity,
heavy metals, and ultraviolet radiation, are hostile to plant growth and development, leading …

Drought stress is a serious limiting factor to rice production, which results in huge economic
losses. It is becoming a more serious issue with respect to the global climate change …

Background Melatonin is a pleiotropic signaling molecule that plays multifarious roles in
plants stress tolerance. The polyamine (PAs) metabolic pathway has been suggested to …

Drought stress induces anthocyanin biosynthesis in many plant species, but the underlying
molecular mechanism remains unclear. Ethylene response factors (ERFs) play key roles in …

Abiotic stresses collectively are responsible for crop losses worldwide. Among various
abiotic stresses, drought and salinity are the most destructive. Different strategies have been …

Frequently changing environmental conditions pose unwarranted threat to plants life and
impose serious penalties in terms of arrested growth, metabolism and ultimately the yield …