Plants in nature are continuously exposed to several biotic and abiotic stresses. Among
these stresses, drought stress is one of the most adverse factors of plant growth and …

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-------In the conditions of changing climate, plants are continuously subject to several biotic …

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 …

Drought is considered as one of the major limiting factors affecting growth and productivity of
crop plants. It severely affects the morphological and physiological activities of the plants …

Drought is one of the major constraints limiting crop production worldwide. Crop growth
models predict that this issue will be more severe in future. Drought impairs normal growth …

Anthropogenic activities in the past and present eras have created global warming and
consequently a storm of drought stress, affecting both plants and animals. Being sessile …

Under dryland conditions, annual and perennial food crops are exposed to dry spells,
severely affecting crop productivity by limiting available soil moisture at critical and sensitive …

Drought is an important abiotic stress factor limiting crop productivity worldwide and its
impact is increasing with climate change. Regardless of the plant growth period, drought has …

ABSTRACTDrought stress, one of the most common environmental limitations affecting
growth and productivity of plants, causes many metabolic, mechanic and oxidative changes …

Plants are often exposed to unfavorable environmental conditions, for instance abiotic
stresses, which dramatically alter distribution of plant species among ecological niches and …