Temperature is a key factor governing the growth and development, distribution, and
seasonal behavior of plants. The entire plant life cycle is affected by environmental …

Salinity stress is one of the major threats to agricultural productivity across the globe.
Research in the past three decades, therefore, has focused on analyzing the effects of …

Seeds are central to crop production, human nutrition, and food security. A key component of
the performance of crop seeds is the complex trait of seed vigour. Crop yield and resource …

Compost is commonly used for the growth of plants and the remediation of environmental
pollution. It is important to evaluate the quality of compost and seed germination test is a …

When exposed to warmer, nonstressful average temperatures, some plant organs grow and
develop at a faster rate without affecting their final dimensions. Other plant organs show …

Crop plants are subjected to multiple abiotic stresses during their lifespan that greatly
reduce productivity and threaten global food security. Recent research suggests that plants …

Key message Results from various expansin related studies have demonstrated that
expansins present an opportunity to improve various crops in many different aspects ranging …

Hydrogen peroxide was initially recognized as a toxic molecule that causes damage at
different levels of cell organization and thus losses in cell viability. From the 1990s, the role …

Germination vigor is driven by the ability of the plant embryo, embedded within the seed, to
resume its metabolic activity in a coordinated and sequential manner. Studies using “-omics” …

This book is the field's most complete, up-to-date text on plant propagation. It now contains
colour figures throughout, promoting learning and making it an even more useful working …