Root-associated bacterial communities play a vital role in maintaining health of the plant
host. These communities exist in complex relationships, where composition and abundance …

Drought stress is an alarming constraint to plant growth, development, and productivity
worldwide. However, plant-associated bacteria, fungi, and viruses can enhance stress …

Post-genomics era has witnessed the development of cutting-edge technologies that have
offered cost-efficient and high-throughput ways for molecular characterization of the function …

Genetic improvement for drought tolerance in chickpea requires a solid understanding of
biochemical processes involved with different physiological mechanisms. The objective of …

Plant growth and development has to be continuously adjusted to the available resources.
Their optimization requires the integration of signals conveying the plant metabolic status, its …

Plants serve as host to numerous microorganisms. The members of these microbial
communities interact among each other and with the plant, and there is increasing evidence …

Drought is considered to be a major threat to soybean production worldwide and yet our
current understanding of the effects of drought on soybean productively is largely based on …

Soybean is an important crop that is continually threatened by abiotic stresses, especially
drought and heat stress. At molecular levels, reduced yields due to drought and heat stress …

Qualitative and quantitative metabolomics analysis of all small-molecule metabolites in
organisms is an emerging omics technology alongside genomics and proteomics. Plant …

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 …