Plants are often exposed to unfavorable environmental conditions, for instance abiotic
stresses, which dramatically alter distribution of plant species among ecological niches and …

Metabolic regulation is the key mechanism implicated in plants maintaining cell osmotic
potential under drought stress. Understanding drought stress tolerance in plants will have a …

Scarcity of water is a severe environmental constraint to plant productivity. Drought-induced
loss in crop yield probably exceeds losses from all other causes, since both the severity and …

Maize, the highest-yielding cereal crop worldwide, is particularly susceptible to drought
during its 2-to 3-week flowering period. Many genetic engineering strategies for drought …

Undoubtedly, drought is one of the prime abiotic stresses in the world. Crop yield losses due
to drought stress are considerable. Although a variety of approaches have been used to …

Sucrose is produced in, and translocated from, photosynthetically active leaves (sources) to
support non-photosynthetic tissues (sinks), such as developing seeds, fruits, and tubers …

Trehalose plays an important role in metabolic regulation and abiotic stress tolerance in a
variety of organisms. In plants, its biosynthesis is catalyzed by two key enzymes: trehalose-6 …

Trehalose is a natural non-reducing sugar that is found in the vast majority of organisms
such as bacteria, yeasts, invertebrates and even in plants. Regarding its features, it is …

Trehalose metabolism and signaling is an area of emerging significance. In less than a
decade our views on the importance of trehalose metabolism and its role in plants have …

Drought is the most important environmental stress affecting agriculture worldwide.
Exploiting yield potential and maintaining yield stability of crops in water-limited …