Soil naturally comprises heavy metals but due to the rapid industrialization and
anthropogenic events such as uncontrolled use of agrochemicals their concentration is …

Drought is the leading threat to agricultural food production, especially in the cultivation of
rice, a semi-aquatic plant. Drought tolerance is a complex quantitative trait with a …

Rice (Oryza sativa L.) is the major food source for more than three billion people of the
world. In the last few decades, the classical, mutational, and molecular breeding approaches …

Abscisic acid (ABA) is involved in regulating drought tolerance, and pyrabactin resistance-
like (PYL) proteins are known as ABA receptors. To elucidate the role of one of the ABA …

Medicinal plants, an important source of herbal medicine, are gaining more demand with the
growing human needs in recent times. However, these medicinal plants have been …

Multiplex genome-editing (MGE) technologies are recently developed versatile
bioengineering tools for modifying two or more specific DNA loci in a genome with high …

Heavy metal (HM) contamination is a persisting environmental problem in many countries.
The major sources of soil contamination due to heavy metals (HMs) include pesticides …

Over the past decades, numerous efforts were made towards the improvement of cereal
crops mostly employing traditional or molecular breeding approaches. The current scenario …

Phytoremediation, as a green, sustainable, and cost-effective plant-based remediation
technology has garnered great attention for remediating heavy metals (HMs) from polluted …

Mutations occur as a result of alterations in DNA or during the replication/cell division
process. For agricultural development, plant breeding necessitates genetic variety of …