In many regions of the world, the incidence and extent of drought spells are predicted to
increase which will create considerable pressure on global agricultural yields. Most likely …

Among the plant nutrients, potassium (K) is one of the vital elements required for plant
growth and physiology. Potassium is not only a constituent of the plant structure but it also …

Potassium, mostly as a cation (K+), together with calcium (Ca2+) are the most abundant
inorganic chemicals in plant cellular media, but they are rarely discussed. K+ is not a …

Consequences of drought stress in crop production systems are perhaps more deleterious
than other abiotic stresses under changing climatic scenarios. Regulations of physio …

Cicer arietinum L. is the third greatest widely planted imperative pulse crop worldwide, and it
belongs to the Leguminosae family. Drought is the utmost common abiotic factor on plants …

Climate change has exacerbated the effects of abiotic stresses on plant growth and
productivity. Drought is one of the most important abiotic stress factors that interfere with …

Scarcity of water is a severe environmental constraint to plant productivity. Drought-induced
loss in crop yield probably exceeds losses from all other causes, since both the severity and …

Alfalfa (Medicago sativa) is an important forage crop that is often grown in areas that
frequently experience drought and water shortage. MicroRNA156 (miR156) is an emerging …

Since the publication of the third edition of the Handbook of Plant and Crop Stress,
continuous discoveries in the fields of plant and crop environmental stresses and their …

Water stress strongly affects horticultural cultivars, reducing yield and fruit quality. Also the
physiological functions of the plant are altered by this stress, due fundamentally to the …