Global climate change is identified as a major threat to survival of natural ecosystems.
Climate change is a dynamic, multifaceted system of alterations in environmental conditions …

Soil salinization is one of the major environmental stressors hampering the growth and yield
of crops all over the world. A wide spectrum of physiological and biochemical alterations of …

Salinity stress adversely affects plant growth and causes considerable losses in cereal
crops. Salinity stress tolerance is a complex phenomenon, imparted by the interaction of …

High salt levels are one of the significant and major limiting factors on crop yield and
productivity. Out of the available attempts made against high salt levels, engineered …

Steviol glycosides (SvGls) are plant secondary metabolites belonging to a class of chemical
compounds known as diterpenes. SvGls have been discovered only in a few plant species …

Ornamental horticultural production is closely associated with a high water consumption and
yet the availability of freshwater is reducing. The irrigation of ornamental plants with saline …

Melatonin has been shown to play a variety of roles in regulating plant growth and response
to various abiotic stresses, but its main function remains unclear in response to NaCl toxicity …

Salinity, both in irrigation water and in soils, is one of the major abiotic constraints for
agriculture activity worldwide. Phytodesalinization is a low-cost plant-based bioremediation …

The aims of the experiment were to determine NaCl threshold and evaluate the effect of
NaCl stress on the growth and physiological traits of stevia (sugerleaf). For these aims, a …

Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni is a little bush, which is cultivated on a large scale in many
countries for medicinal purposes and used as a natural sweetener in food products. The …