Global climate change is identified as a major threat to survival of natural ecosystems.
Climate change is a dynamic, multifaceted system of alterations in environmental conditions …

Soil salinity is one of the most serious threats to plant growth and productivity. Due to global
climate change, burgeoning population and shrinking arable land, there is an urgent need to …

Salinity stress occurs due to the accumulation of high levels of salts in soil, which ultimately
leads to the impairment of plant growth and crop loss. Stress tolerance-inducing compounds …

Global warming contributes to higher temperatures and reduces rainfall for most areas
worldwide. The concurrent incidence of extreme temperature and water shortage lead to …

Microbial endophytes organize symbiotic relationships with the host plant, and their
excretions contain diverse plant beneficial matter such as phytohormones and bioactive …

Melatonin “N-Acetyl-5-methoxytryptamine”(MT) has recently been considered as a new plant
growth regulator with multiple physiological functions. Although many previous studies have …

Chilling, a sort of cold stress, is a typical abiotic ecological stress that impacts the
development as well as the growth of crops. The present study was carried to investigate the …

The heavy metal contamination in plant-soil environment has increased manifold recently. In
order to reduce the harmful effects of metal stress in plants, the application of beneficial soil …

Most endemic plant species have limited altitudinal ranges. At higher altitudes, they are
subjected to various environmental stresses. However, these plants use unique defense …

The effect of foliar treatment with jasmonic acid at 0.5 mM (JA) and biochar (15 ton ha− 1) as
a soil amendment for the faba bean (Vicia faba L. Sakha 4) was studied under salinity …