Drought stress, being the inevitable factor that exists in various environments without
recognizing borders and no clear warning thereby hampering plant biomass production …

Accumulation of reactive oxygen species (ROS), and their destructive effects on cellular
organelles are the hallmark features of plants exposed to abiotic stresses. Plants are well …

Chromium (Cr) phytotoxicity affirmed the need of mitigation strategies to remediate polluted
soils and restricts its accumulation in the food chains. Salicylic acid (SA) and silicon (Si) play …

Drought is a major abiotic stress imposed by climate change that affects crop production and
soil microbial functions. Plants respond to water deficits at the morphological, biochemical …

Selenium (Se), being an essential micronutrient, enhances plant growth and development in
trace amounts. It also protects plants against different abiotic stresses by acting as an …

Selenium (Se) is an essential micronutrient for humans and a beneficial element for plants.
However, high Se doses always exhibit hazardous effects. Recently, Se toxicity in plant-soil …

Heavy metal pollution not only decreases crop yield and quality, but also affects human
health via the food chain. Ubiquitination‐dependent protein degradation is involved in plant …

Pesticides are widely used in melon production causing safety issues around the
consumption of melon and increasing pathogen and insect tolerance to pesticides. This …

One of the most important abiotic factors that hinder plant development, growth, and
production is salt stress. In recent years, there has been a lot of interest in the biological …

The main aim of the present study was to explore the effect of chelating selenium (Se) on
aromatic rice performance. A field experiment was conducted in 2017 and 2018. At initial …