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

Genetic engineering applications in the field of biofuel are rapidly expanding due to their
potential to boost biomass productivity while lowering its cost and enhancing its quality …

Increased levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere and associated climatic variability
is primarily responsible for inducing heat waves, flooding and drought stress. Among these …

Salinity stress is one of the primary threats to agricultural crops resulting in impaired crop
growth and development. Although cotton is considered as reasonably salt tolerant, it is …

Plant receptor-like kinases (RLKs) are important players in response to pathogen infections.
Verticillium and Fusarium wilts, caused by Verticillium dahliae (Vd) and Fusarium …

Environmental factors are the major constraints in sustainable agriculture. WRKY proteins
are a large family of transcription factors (TFs) that regulate various developmental …

Soil salinization and alkalization severely inhibit agriculture. However, the response
mechanisms of cotton to salt stress or alkali stress are unclear. Ionomics and metabolomics …

Elevated salinity significantly threatens cotton growth, particularly during the germination
and seedling stages. The utilization of primitive species of Gossypium hirsutum, specifically …

Cotton is an important industrial crop worldwide and upland cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.)
is most widely cultivated in the world. Due to ever-increasing water deficit, drought stress …

Pakistan ranked 4th among cotton producing countries worldwide. Cotton cultivation along
Indus river irrigation system across nearly three million/ha and recognized as the backbone …