Cicer arietinum L. is the third greatest widely planted imperative pulse crop worldwide, and it
belongs to the Leguminosae family. Drought is the utmost common abiotic factor on plants …

Chickpea is one of the most important pulse crops worldwide, being an excellent source of
protein. It is grown under rain-fed conditions averaging yields of 1 t/ha, far from its potential …

Elevated salinity significantly threatens cotton growth, particularly during the germination
and seedling stages. The utilization of primitive species of Gossypium hirsutum, specifically …

Novel crop improvement approaches, including those that facilitate for the exploitation of
crop wild relatives and underutilized species harboring the much-needed natural allelic …

Background Soil salinity is a primary factor limiting soybean (Glycine max) productivity.
Breeding soybean for tolerance to high salt conditions is therefore critical for increasing …

Salinity is a major abiotic stress that causes substantial agricultural losses worldwide.
Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) is an important legume crop but is salt-sensitive. Previous …

Background Alkaline soils cause low productivity in crop plants including lentil. Alkalinity
adaptation strategies in lentil were revealed when morpho-anatomical and physio …

Main conclusion In the present review, we discussed the detailed signaling cascades via
membrane transporters that confer plant tolerance to abiotic stresses and possible …

Abstract Background Rice (Oryza sativa L.) is one of the most widely cultivated grain crops in
the world that meets the caloric needs of more than half the world's population. Salt stress …

Carotenoid cleavage dioxygenase (CCD) gene family is organized in two subfamilies:(i) 9-
cis epoxycarotenoid dioxygenase (NCED) genes and (ii) CCD genes. NCED genes are …