Plants confront several environmental stresses that are crucial in defining plant productivity.
Among these environmental stresses, drought stress is recognized as the foremost abiotic …

Rapid synchronized seed germination is desirable to ensure seedling establishment and
improve crop yield. However, abiotic stresses from drought, salinity, and heavy metals have …

Food security relies on plant productivity and plant's resilience to climate change driven
environmental stresses. Plants employ diverse adaptive mechanisms of stress-signalling …

Drought stress considered as a major environmental constraint that frequently limits crop
production globally. In the current investigation, drought stress-induced alterations in growth …

Exogenous selenium (Se) improves the tolerance of plants to abiotic stress. However, the
effects and mechanisms of different Se species on drought stress alleviation are poorly …

Small millets, also known as nutri-cereals, are smart foods that are expected to dominate
food industries and diets to achieve nutritional security. Nutri-cereals are climate resilient …

Silicon (Si) is an omnipresent and second most abundant element in the soil lithosphere
after oxygen. Silicon being a beneficial element imparts several benefits to the plants and …

Arsenic (As) contaminated food chains have emerged as a serious public concern for
humans and animals and are known to affect the cultivation of edible crops throughout the …

Climate change has threatened global food security. There is an unrelenting need to
understand various factors associated with abiotic stress and their response, adaptability …

Polysaccharides derived from seaweeds can be used as biostimulants to enhance plant
resistance to different stressors. In this study, we investigated the effects of applying low …