In the past and present, human activities have been involved in triggering global warming,
causing drought stresses that affect animals and plants. Plants are more defenseless …

In horticultural crop production, the use of plant growth regulators has become a common
practice for improvement of produce quality and mitigation of abiotic and biotic stresses. In …

Soil contamination with toxic heavy metals [such as lead (Pb)] is becoming a serious global
problem due to the rapid development of the social economy. However, accumulation of Pb …

Chromium (Cr) is considered one of the most hazardous metal contaminant reducing crop
production and putting human health at risk. Phytohormones are known to regulate …

Phytomelatonin, a multifunctional molecule that has been found to be present in all plants
examined to date, has an important role in plants as a modulatory agent (a biostimulator) …

Melatonin is a natural, multifunctional, nontoxic, regulatory, and ubiquitous biomolecule,
having low molecular weight and pleiotropic effects in the plant kingdom. It is a recently …

Barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) is a major cereal grain and is known as a halophyte (a
halophyte is a salt-tolerant plant that grows in soil or waters of high salinity). We therefore …

It was aimed to examine the role of gibberellic acid (GA 3) and NPK fertilizer in alleviating
boron (B) toxicity in coriander (Coriandrum sativum L.) plants. Two weeks old C. sativum …

In the face of escalating environmental challenges, plants encounter complex combinations
of abiotic stresses that pose severe threats to their growth and survival. Recent …

Increasing food demand by the growing human population and declining crop productivity
due to climate change affect global food security. To meet the challenges, developing …