Cadmium (Cd) is one of the most toxic compounds released into our environment and is
harmful to human health, urging the need to remediate Cd-polluted soils. To this end, it is …

Drought stress (DS) is a serious abiotic stress and a major concern across the globe as its
intensity is continuously climbing. Therefore, it is direly needed to develop new management …

Global warming in this century increases incidences of various abiotic stresses restricting
plant growth and productivity and posing a severe threat to global food production and …

Homeodomain leucine zipper (HD-ZIP) proteins are plant-specific transcription factors that
contain a homeodomain (HD) and a leucine zipper (LZ) domain. The highly conserved HD …

Trehalose (Tre) is a non-reducing disaccharide found in many species, including bacteria,
fungi, invertebrates, yeast, and even plants, where it acts as an osmoprotectant, energy …

Salt stress is one of the leading threats to crop growth and productivity across the globe. Salt
stress induces serious alterations in plant physiological, metabolic, biochemical functioning …

Heat stress (HS) is a serious environmental stress that negatively affects crop growth and
productivity across the globe. The recent increase in atmospheric temperature caused by …

Various abiotic stresses may affect the germination, growth, and yield of direct-seeded
vegetable crops. Seed priming with effective antioxidant mediators may alleviate these …

The response of plants to trehalose (TR) and nitric oxide (NO) has been tested in different
stressful conditions, but the contribution of endogenous TR to plant tolerance to cadmium …

Cadmium stress is a major threat to plant growth and survival worldwide. The current study
aims to green synthesis, characterization, and application of zinc-oxide nanoparticles to …