The battle of crops against drought: genetic dissection and improvement

Z Yang, F Qin - Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
With ongoing global climate change, water scarcity‐induced drought stress remains a major
threat to agricultural productivity. Plants undergo a series of physiological and …

[HTML][HTML] Harnessing the role of mitogen-activated protein kinases against abiotic stresses in plants

Y Majeed, X Zhu, N Zhang, N Ul-Ain, A Raza… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Crop plants are vulnerable to various biotic and abiotic stresses, whereas plants tend to
retain their physiological mechanisms by evolving cellular regulation. To mitigate the …

Multilayer omics landscape analyses reveal the regulatory responses of tea plants to drought stress

C Yue, H Cao, S Zhang, G Shen, Z Wu, L Yuan… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Adverse environments, especially drought conditions, deeply influence plant development
and growth in all aspects, and the yield and quality of tea plants are largely dependent on …

Putting CRISPR-Cas system in action: a golden window for efficient and precise genome editing for crop improvement

A Tariq, M Mushtaq, H Yaqoob, BA Bhat… - GM Crops & …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
The daunting task of feeding an ever-growing population is an immense challenge for the
contemporary scientific community, especially in view of the rapidly changing climate …

Methionine-Induced Regulation of Secondary Metabolites and Antioxidants in Maize (Zea mays L.) Subjected to Salinity Stress

S Shahid, A Kausar, N Zahra, MB Hafeez, A Raza… - Gesunde …, 2023 - Springer
In nature, plants are frequently exposed to various stresses simultaneously. The effects of
salinity stress on plant metabolism are well known, but little has been researched on how …

[HTML][HTML] Crop proteomics under abiotic stress: from data to insights

R Kausar, X Wang, S Komatsu - Plants, 2022 - mdpi.com
Food security is a major challenge in the present world due to erratic weather and climatic
changes. Environmental stress negatively affects plant growth and development which leads …

[HTML][HTML] The impact of climatic factors on the development stages of maize crop in the Transylvanian plain

A Șimon, PI Moraru, A Ceclan, F Russu, F Chețan… - Agronomy, 2023 - mdpi.com
Climate change has become the biggest global challenge, being a real danger especially
for crops and an inevitable threat to food security. This paper presents the results of a study …

[HTML][HTML] Genome-Wide Identification and Expression Analysis of BnPP2C Gene Family in Response to Multiple Stresses in Ramie (Boehmeria nivea L.)

Y Chen, H Zhao, Y Wang, X Qiu, G Gao, A Zhu… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
The protein phosphatase 2C (PP2C), a key regulator of the ABA signaling pathway, plays
important roles in plant growth and development, hormone signaling, and abiotic stress …

[HTML][HTML] Transcription factor ZmNAC20 improves drought resistance by promoting stomatal closure and activating expression of stress-responsive genes in maize

H Liu, S Song, M Liu, Y Mu, Y Li, Y Xuan, L Niu… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Drought is a major environmental threat that limits crop growth, development, and
productivity worldwide. Improving drought resistance with genetic engineering methods is …

ZmMPK6-1 positively regulates maize resistance to E. turcicum through enhancing ZmERF061 activity

L Jiang, M Li, X Liu, Z Zhang, Z Zang - Journal of Plant Interactions, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Northern corn leaf blight (NCLB) is one of the most important foliar disease in maize, which
leads to serious yield losses. It is necessary to identify resistance genes in order to control …