Water, a necessary component of cell protoplasm, plays an essential role in supporting life
on Earth; nevertheless, extreme changes in climatic conditions limit water availability …

In recent times, the demand for food and feed for the ever-increasing population has
achieved unparalleled importance, which cannot afford crop yield loss. Now-a-days, the …

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

Drought stress severely affects the growth and development of rice, especially at the
reproductive stage, which results in disturbed metabolic processes, reduced seed-set/grain …

Drought differs from other natural disasters in several respects, largely because of the
complexity of a crop's response to it and also because we have the least understanding of a …

Field-grown rice plants are exposed to various stresses at different stages of their life cycle,
but little is known about the effects of stage-specific stresses on phenomes and …

Background Dioecious plants have male and female flowers on separate plants. Jojoba is a
dioecious plant that is drought-tolerant and native to arid areas. The genome sequence of …

Half of the world's population depends on rice plant cultivation, yet environmental stresses
continue to substantially impact the production of one of our most valuable staple foods. The …

Introduction Over four billion people around the world rely on bread wheat (Triticum
aestivum L.) as a major constituent of their diet. The changing climate, however, threatens …

Metal toxicities can be detrimental to a plant health, as well as to the health of animals and
humans that consume such plants. Metal content of plants can be analyzed using …