Soil salinity is among the leading environmental stresses affecting global agriculture,
causing billions of dollars in crop damages every year. Regardless of the cause, ion toxicity …

High salt concentrations in the growing medium can severely affect the growth and
development of plants. It is imperative to understand the different components of salt-tolerant …

Background Cassava is an important tropical root crop adapted to a wide range of
environmental stimuli such as drought and acid soils. Nevertheless, it is an extremely cold …

Drought is one of the most serious abiotic stress factors limiting crop yields. Although
sunflower is considered a moderate drought-tolerant plant, drought stress still has a …

Dunaliella salina (Chlorophyceae), Phormidium versicolor (Cyanophyceae), and
Cylindrotheca closterium (Bacillariophyceae) were isolated from three ponds in the solar …

An easy and manageable in vitro screening system for drought tolerance of sunflower
seedlings based on MS media supplemented with polyethylene glycol 6000 was evaluated …

Leaf senescence is a complex mechanism controlled by multiple genetic and environmental
variables. Different crops present a delay in leaf senescence with an important impact on …

In nature plants are often simultaneously challenged by different biotic and abiotic stresses.
Although the mechanisms underlying plant responses against single stress have been …

Key message By integration of transcriptional and metabolic profiles we identified pathways
and hubs transcription factors regulated during drought conditions in sunflower, useful for …

Globally, abiotic stresses, such as temperature (heat or cold), water (drought and flooding),
and salinity, cause significant losses in crop production and have adverse effects on plant …