Drought stress restricts plant growth and development by altering metabolic activity and
biological functions. However, plants have evolved several cellular and molecular …

SUCROSE-NON-FERMENTING1-RELATED KINASE1 (SnRK1) belongs to a family of
protein kinases that originated in the earliest eukaryotes and plays a central role in energy …

Successful infection by pathogenic microbes requires effective acquisition of nutrients from
their hosts. Root and stem rot caused by Phytophthora sojae is one of the most important …

Edaphic factors such as salinity, sodicity, and drought adversely affect crop productivity,
either alone or in combination. Despite soil sodicity being reported as an increasing problem …

Drought stress is among widespread environmental problems limiting plant survival, growth,
and productivity. However, plants adopt a number of strategies such as osmotic adjustment …

Functional genomics has transformed from futuristic concept to well‐established scientific
discipline during the last decade. Cotton functional genomics promise to enhance the …

Abscisic acid (ABA) has been shown to mitigate the deleterious effects of abiotic stresses
and to regulate plant growth and development. Salinity is one of the important abiotic …

Low temperature is a key stress factor for the growth and development of wheat (Triticum
aestivum L.), and glycometabolism plays an important role in plant cold tolerance. Our …

Cold is a major environmental factor that restrains potato production. Abscisic acid (ABA)
can enhance freezing tolerance in many plant species, but powerful evidence of the ABA …

Aquaporins are important transmembrane channel proteins required for the transport of
water and nutrients to maintain plant water relations and its survival. The aquaporins have a …