Environmental changes cause abiotic stress in plants, primarily through alterations in the
uptake of the nutrients and water they require for their metabolism and growth and to …

Land plants have evolved complex adaptation strategies to survive changes in water status
in the environment. Understanding the molecular nature of such adaptive changes allows …

The proteins of membrane transporters (MTs) are embedded within membrane-bounded
organelles and are the prime targets for improvements in the efficiency of water and nutrient …

Abstract Background In Arabidopsis six genes group into the gene family of the organic
cation transporters (OCTs). In animals the members of the OCT-family are mostly …

Plants are generally well adapted to a wide range of environmental conditions. Even though
they have notably prospered in our planet, stressful conditions such as salinity, drought and …

The term stress is defined as an environmental change that tends to inhibit the normal cycle
systems from functioning. Plant species or varieties differ in terms of their optimal …

Adaptation of plants to salt stress requires cellular ion homeostasis involving net intracellular
Na+ and Cl− uptake and subsequent vacuolar compartmentalization without toxic ion …

Abiotic stress imposed by many factors such as: extreme water regimes, adverse
temperatures, salinity, and heavy metal contamination result in severe crop yield losses …

Drought is a climatic phenomenon that can occur periodically in all climatic zones, but
occurs with greater frequency in tropical and subtropical regions, causing physiological …

Plant nutrition critically depends on the activity of membrane transporters that translocate
minerals from the soil into the plant and are responsible for their intra‐and intercellular …