With the global climate anomalies and the destruction of ecological balance, the water
shortage has become a serious ecological problem facing all mankind, and drought has …

Plants often encounter unfavorable environmental conditions because of their sessile
lifestyle. These adverse factors greatly affect the geographic distribution of plants, as well as …

Halophytes have demonstrated their capability to thrive under extremely saline conditions
and thus considered as one of the best germplasm for saline agriculture. Salinity is a …

Aquaporins are membrane channel proteins ubiquitously present in all kingdoms of life.
Although aquaporins were originally discovered as water channels, their roles in the …

A common effect of several abiotic stresses is to cause tissue dehydration. Such dehydration
is caused by the imbalance between root water uptake and leaf transpiration. Under some …

The decade since the publication of the third edition of this volume has been an era of great
progress in biology in general and the plant sciences in particular. This is especially true …

Water scarcity is a critical limitation for agricultural systems. Two different water management
strategies have evolved in plants: an isohydric strategy and an anisohydric strategy …

Background Aquaporins are membrane channels that facilitate the transport of water and
small neutral molecules across biological membranes of most living organisms. Scope of …

Fully drought-resistant crop plants would be beneficial, but selection breeding has not
produced them. Genetic modification of species by introduction of very many genes is …

The global shortage of fresh water is one of our most severe agricultural problems, leading
to dry and saline lands that reduce plant growth and crop yield. Here we review recent work …