Drought is a serious threat to the farming community, biasing the crop productivity in arid
and semi-arid regions of the world. Drought adversely affects seed germination, plant …

Drought is the leading threat to agricultural food production, especially in the cultivation of
rice, a semi-aquatic plant. Drought tolerance is a complex quantitative trait with a …

The present study was performed to evaluate the effects of seed priming. This was done by
soaking the seeds of two rapeseed cultivars, namely, ZY15 (tolerant to low temperature and …

Chlorophyll fluorescence (CF) is used to measure the physiological status of plants affected
by biotic and abiotic stresses. Therefore, we aimed to identify the changes in CF parameters …

Drought stress is one of the major abiotic stress factors that affect plant growth and crop
productivity. Tartary buckwheat is a nutritionally balanced and flavonoid-rich pseudocereal …

Climate change is increasing the frequency of extreme events such as droughts, limiting
plant growth and productivity. Exogenous application of plant growth regulators, such as 24 …

Breeding for drought tolerance is the most effective approach to mitigate drought effects. The
prime goal of the current study was to identify potentially drought‐tolerant wheat (Triticum …

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

Stresses are the major determinants of crop productivity. Climate change increases the
frequency of weather anomalies, which puts crops at even bigger risk. To ensure food …

Plant functional traits can reflect plants' long-term adaptive responses to the environment.
However, the ecological adaptation strategies adopted by desert plants in plant functional …