Plants are very often confronted by different heavy metal (HM) stressors that adversely
impair their growth and productivity. Among HMs, chromium (Cr) is one of the most prevalent …

Rice (Oryza Sativa L.) is an essential constituent of the global food chain. Drought stress
significantly diminished its productivity and threatened global food security. This review …

It was suggested that the most effective way to improve rice grain yield is to increase the
grain number per panicle (GN) through the breeding practice in recent decades. GN is a …

Background Cereal crops are a primary energy source for humans. Grain size and weight
affect both evolutionary fitness and grain yield of cereals. Although studies on gene mining …

Abiotic stresses are the primary threat to crop production across the globe. Drought stress is
primary abiotic stress which is considerably limiting the global rice production and putting …

Increasing the grain number is the most direct route toward enhancing the grain yield in
cereals. In rice, grain number can be amplified through increasing the shoot branching …

Abiotic stresses, such as drought and salinity, adversely affect rice production and cause a
severe threat to food security. Conventional crop breeding techniques alone are inadequate …

The ubiquitous heavy metal (loid) pollution in farmlands poses a major threat to food safety
and human health, which has caused wide public concern. In recent years, the cultivation of …

Wheat straw burial has great potential to sustain rice production under alternate wetting and
drying (AWD) irrigation. A field experiment was conducted with three wheat straw burial …

Climate change and diminishing resources are the major challenges in sustainable rice
production. The aerobic rice system can be a transformational approach to replace …