Salinity is one of the major abiotic stresses that affect crop production in arid and semiarid
areas. Seed germination and seedling growth are the stages most sensitive to salinity. Salt …

Seed priming is a presowing technique in which seeds are moderately hydrated to the point
where pregermination metabolic processes begin without actual germination. Seeds are …

Objectives Current study illustrates the impact assessment of TiO 2 nano-particle seed
priming on the overall germination, physiology in maize thriving under salinity stress …

Seed priming is a pre-sowing treatment which leads to a physiological state that enables
seed to germinate more efficiently. The majority of seed treatments are based on seed …

Salt stress is an ever-present threat to crop yields, especially in countries with irrigated
agriculture. Efforts to improve salt tolerance in crop plants are vital for sustainable crop …

Micronutrients are vital for plant growth and human health. Soil and foliar applications are
the most prevalent methods of micronutrient addition but the cost involved and difficulty in …

Since the publication of the third edition of the Handbook of Plant and Crop Stress,
continuous discoveries in the fields of plant and crop environmental stresses and their …

The study, consisting of two independent experiments, was conducted to evaluate the role of
seed priming with ascorbic acid (AsA) in drought resistance of wheat. In the first experiment …

Rice performance under drought stress is mainly impeded by oxidative damage and
hampered plant water status, which may be improved by exogenous use of …

Drought stress encumbers the rice growth predominantly by oxidative damage to biological
membranes and disturbed tissue water status. In this study, the role of salicylic acid (SA) to …