Thermal stresses in maize: effects and management strategies

MA Waqas, X Wang, SA Zafar, MA Noor, HA Hussain… - Plants, 2021 - mdpi.com
Climate change can decrease the global maize productivity and grain quality. Maize crop
requires an optimal temperature for better harvest productivity. A suboptimal temperature at …

Magnetic field regulates plant functions, growth and enhances tolerance against environmental stresses

R Radhakrishnan - Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants, 2019 - Springer
Global climatic fluctuations and the increasing population have been responsible for the
decline in the crop productivity. The chemical fertilizers, pesticides, and suitable genetic …

Mechanisms and molecular approaches for heat tolerance in rice (Oryza sativa L.) under climate change scenario

SA Zafar, A Hameed, MA Nawaz, MA Wei… - Journal of Integrative …, 2018 - Elsevier
Rice, a staple cereal crop in many parts of the world, has been confronted with multiple
environmental stresses including high temperature, negatively impacts the booting as well …

Magnetic field treatments improves sunflower yield by inducing physiological and biochemical modulations in seeds

I Afzal, S Saleem, M Skalicky, T Javed, MA Bakhtavar… - Molecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
Magnetic seed enhancement has been practicing as a promising tool to improve
germination and seedling growth of low vigor seeds stored under suboptimal conditions, but …

Effect of exogenous application of amino acids l-arginine and glycine on maize under temperature stress

K Matysiak, R Kierzek, I Siatkowski, J Kowalska… - Agronomy, 2020 - mdpi.com
Temperature strongly influences the growth of maize, particularly in the early growth stages.
The exogenous application of some amino acids has been proven to have a positive effect …

Recent advances in seed enhancements

I Afzal, HU Rehman, M Naveed… - New challenges in seed …, 2016 - books.google.com
Seed quality is vital to sustainable crop production and food security. Seed enhancements
include physical, physiological and biological treatments to overcome germination …

Improvement of sorghum crop through exogenous application of natural growth-promoting substances under a changing climate

W Ahmad, MA Noor, I Afzal, MA Bakhtavar, MM Nawaz… - Sustainability, 2016 - mdpi.com
High temperature during May to July is a major hurdle for production of sorghum as fodder in
Pakistan, ultimately resulting in a deficit with respect to the demand of meat and milk for …

Appraisal of foliar spray of iron and salicylic acid under artificial magnetism on morpho-physiological attributes of pea (Pisum sativum L.) plants

H Naseer, K Shaukat, N Zahra, MB Hafeez, A Raza… - PLoS …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
The appraisal of foliar treatment of iron (Fe) and salicylic acid (SA) on plant under artificial
magnetism is very crucial in understanding its impact on growth and development of plants …

Micro-nutrient seed priming: a pragmatic approach towards abiotic stress management

V Kumar, RK Singhal, N Kumar, B Bose - New frontiers in stress …, 2020 - Springer
Global population is increasing presently at a rate of 1.08% per year and that represents
about an increase in 82 million people yearly. Over two centuries sevenfold increment in …

Seed priming: what's next?

I Afzal - Seed Science and Technology, 2023 - ingentaconnect.com
Seed priming is a pragmatic enhancement technology to improve seed performance used
from ancient to modern times. Priming accelerates and synchronises the germination of …