In field conditions, crops are adversely affected by a wide range of abiotic stresses including
drought, cold, salt, and heat, as well as biotic stresses including pests and pathogens. These …

Plants heat shock factors (HSFs) are encoded by large gene families with variable structure,
expression, and function. HSFs are components of complex signaling systems that control …

Sorghum is one of the staple crops for millions of people in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and
South Asia (SA). The future climate in these sorghum production regions is likely to have …

Main conclusion Global food insecurity concerns due to climate change, emphasizes the
need to focus on the sensitivity of sorghum to climate change and potential crop …

Accurate and reliable gene expression data from qPCR depends on stable reference gene
expression for potential gene functional analyses. In this study, 15 reference genes were …

Heat shock transcription factor (Hsf) plays a transcriptional regulatory role in plants during
heat stress and other abiotic stresses. 31 non-redundant ZmHsf genes from maize were …

Rice is the staple food for about half of the world population. Rice grain yield and quality are
affected by climatic changes. Arguably, rice cultivars' genetic diversity is diminished from …

The sessile plants encounter various stresses; some are prolonged, whereas some others
are recurrent. Temperature is crucial for plant growth and development, and plants often …

Plants are sessile organisms that evolve with a flexible signal transduction system in order to
rapidly respond to environmental changes. Drought, a common abiotic stress, affects …

Heat shock transcription factors (HSFs) regulate many environmental stress responses and
biological processes in plants. Maize (Zea mays L.) is a major cash crop that is grown …