Abiotic stresses hamper plant growth and productivity. Climate change and agricultural
malpractices like excessive use of fertilizers and pesticides have aggravated the effects of …

Losses of nitrogen from agriculture are a major threat to environmental and human health at
local, regional and global scales. Emerging evidence shows that climate change and …

The 20th century saw dramatic increases in agricultural productivity, largely through the
development and application of pesticides, fertilisers rich in nitrogen and phosphorus, and …

Mycorrhizal inoculation stimulates growth, photosynthesis and nutrient uptake in a wide
range of host plants. However, the ultimate effects of arbuscular mycorrhyzal (AM) symbiosis …

The dynamic interactions of plants and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) that facilitate the
efficient uptake of minerals from soil and provide protection from various environmental …

Drought stress remains the major constraint in affecting crop productivity in several arid and
semi-arid areas highlighting climate change perspectives. Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi …

Arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi are one of the important microbiota involved in a
relationship with plant roots in which the plants and fungi both share and exchange nutrients …

Abstract Rice (Oryza sativa L.), being a high silicon (Si)-accumulator, is a major global food
crop for more than half of the world's population. However, both salinity and drought, two of …

Brassinosteroids (BRs) have been rarely tested for their effective roles in mitigation of
deleterious effects of water stress (WS) on plants. In addition, the contribution of nitric oxide …

At present, drought and soil salinity are among the most severe environmental stresses that
affect the growth of plants through marked reduction of water uptake which lowers water …