Increasing vulnerability of plants to a variety of stresses such as drought, salt and extreme
temperatures poses a global threat to sustained growth and productivity of major crops. Of …

The world's food production will need to increase by up to 70% by 2050 to match the
predicted population growth. Achieving this goal will be challenging due to the decreased …

An experiment was conducted to investigate the effects of plant growth promoting
rhizobacteria (PGPR) on Mentha piperita grown under drought stress. We performed root …

Abstract You‐Zhi Ma (Corresponding author) Plants have acquired sophisticated stress
response systems to adapt to changing environments. It is important to understand plants' …

Soil salinity is one of the major environmental stresses faced by the plants. Sodium chloride
is the most important salt responsible for inducing salt stress by disrupting the osmotic …

Fully drought-resistant crop plants would be beneficial, but selection breeding has not
produced them. Genetic modification of species by introduction of very many genes is …

Drought is the primary cause of agricultural loss globally, and represents a major threat to
food security. Currently, plant biotechnology stands as one of the most promising fields …

Background Higher plants exhibit remarkable phenotypic plasticity allowing them to adapt to
an extensive range of environmental conditions. Sorghum is a cereal crop that exhibits …

The transcription factor family intimately regulates gene expression in response to
hormones, biotic and abiotic factors, symbiotic interactions, cell differentiation, and stress …

Drought stress, an inevitable factor due to global climate change, hampers plant biomass
production and overall yield. Drought mediated stress sensitivity exerts multi-dimensional …