Drought and heat are major abiotic stresses that reduce crop productivity and weaken global
food security, especially given the current and growing impacts of climate change and …

Abiotic stresses are one of the major constraints to crop production and food security
worldwide. The situation has aggravated due to the drastic and rapid changes in global …

Plants face a combination of different abiotic stresses under field conditions which are lethal
to plant growth and production. Simultaneous occurrence of chilling and drought stresses in …

Global climate change is predicted to result in increased yield losses of agricultural crops
caused by environmental conditions. In particular, heat and drought stress are major factors …

The rising temperatures are resulting in heat stress for various agricultural crops to limit their
growth, metabolism, and leading to significant loss of yield potential worldwide. Heat stress …

Amid apprehension of global climate change, crop plants are inevitably confronted with a
myriad of abiotic stress factors during their growth that inflicts a serious threat to their …

Global climate change will significantly increase the intensity and frequency of hot, dry days.
The simultaneous occurrence of drought and heat stress is also likely to increase …

Episodes of prolonged drought coupled with heat waves (ie drought and heat combination)
can have a devastating impact on agricultural production and crop yield. It is therefore not …

Under field conditions crops are routinely subjected to a number of different abiotic stress
factors simultaneously. Recent studies revealed that the response of plants to a combination …

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 …