Response and defence mechanisms of vegetable crops against drought, heat and salinity stress

M Giordano, SA Petropoulos, Y Rouphael - Agriculture, 2021 - mdpi.com
Environmental pollution, increasing CO2 atmospheric levels and the greenhouse effect are
closely associated with the ongoing climate change and the extreme climatic events we are …

Alleviation of drought and salt stress in vegetables: crop responses and mitigation strategies

MF Khalid, S Huda, M Yong, L Li, L Li, ZH Chen… - Plant Growth …, 2023 - Springer
In recent decades, the demand for vegetables has increased significantly due to the
blooming global population. Climate change has affected vegetable production by …

Physiological responses of selected vegetable crop species to water stress

E Nemeskéri, L Helyes - Agronomy, 2019 - mdpi.com
The frequency of drought periods influences the yield potential of crops under field
conditions. The change in morphology and anatomy of plants has been tested during …

Physiological and biochemical changes in vegetable and field crops under drought, salinity and weeds stresses: control strategies and management

K Abdelaal, MS Alsubeie, Y Hafez, A Emeran… - Agriculture, 2022 - mdpi.com
Weeds are one of the most damaging biotic stresses in crop production, and drought and
salinity are considered the most serious abiotic stresses. These factors harmfully affect …

Drought stress tolerance in vegetables: the functional role of structural features, key gene pathways, and exogenous hormones

K Abbas, J Li, B Gong, Y Lu, X Wu, G Lü… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
The deleterious effects of drought stress have led to a significant decline in vegetable
production, ultimately affecting food security. After sensing drought stress signals …

Vulnerability of specialty crops to short-term climatic variability and adaptation strategies in the Midwestern USA

E Kistner, O Kellner, J Andresen, D Todey, LW Morton - Climatic change, 2018 - Springer
While the Midwestern USA ranks among the world's most important corn-soybean
production regions, the area also produces a variety of high-value specialty crops. These …

Physiological screening for drought tolerance in Mediterranean long-storage tomato

C Patanè, D Scordia, G Testa, SL Cosentino - Plant Science, 2016 - Elsevier
Long-storage tomato is a drought-tolerant plant traditionally cultivated under no water supply
in semi-arid areas of Italy. In 2009, physiological traits of ten “long-storage” tomato lines …

Applied biotechnological approaches for reducing yield gap in melon grown under saline and drought stresses: an overview

P Adıgüzel, F Nyirahabimana, F Shimira… - Journal of Soil Science …, 2023 - Springer
Production of melon (Cucumis melo L.) is hampered by abiotic and biotic stress factors
aggravated by climate change. To counter these challenges, plant breeders are employing …

Drought and nitrogen stress effects and tolerance mechanisms in tomato: a review

J Machado, APG Fernandes, TR Fernandes… - Plant nutrition and food …, 2022 - Elsevier
Being two of the most impactful crop-yield determinants, water and nitrogen (N) greatly affect
plant performance, spanning from genes through the whole-plant level. Therefore, adequate …

Response of different tomato accessions to biotic and abiotic stresses

KS Rasul, NA Tahir - arXiv preprint arXiv:2403.17030, 2024 - arxiv.org
Accessions are prospective sources of genetic variability, as well as valuable genetic
resources to deal with present and future crop breeding difficulties. The assessment of …