Improving crop drought resistance with plant growth regulators and rhizobacteria: Mechanisms, applications, and perspectives

H Zhang, X Sun, M Dai - Plant Communications, 2022 - cell.com
Drought is one of the main abiotic stresses that cause crop yield loss. Improving crop yield
under drought stress is a major goal of crop breeding, as it is critical to food security. The …

Physiological responses of wheat to drought stress and its mitigation approaches

Z Ahmad, EA Waraich, S Akhtar, S Anjum… - Acta Physiologiae …, 2018 - Springer
Drought is a polygenically controlled stress and a major agricultural risk that reduces crop
productivity and limits the successful insight of land potential throughout the world. This …

Plant growth under drought stress: Significance of mineral nutrients

MA Ahanger, N Morad‐Talab… - Water stress and …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
In natural and agroecosystems, plants are continuously exposed to several environmental
stress factors. Besides having evolved several indigenous tolerance mechanisms, proper …

Selenium and nano-selenium in plant nutrition

H El-Ramady, N Abdalla, HS Taha, T Alshaal… - Environmental …, 2016 - Springer
Selenium (Se) is a naturally occurring metalloid element which occurs nearly in all
environments. Se is considered as a finite and non-renewable resource on the Earth. The …

Foliar Nourishment with Nano-Selenium Dioxide Promotes Physiology, Biochemistry, Antioxidant Defenses, and Salt Tolerance in Phaseolus vulgaris

MM Rady, ESM Desoky, SM Ahmed, A Majrashi, EF Ali… - Plants, 2021 - mdpi.com
Novel strategic green approaches are urgently needed to raise the performance of plants
subjected to stress. Two field-level experimental attempts were implemented during two …

Phenological application of selenium differentially improves growth, oxidative defense and ion homeostasis in maize under salinity stress

MA Ashraf, A Akbar, A Parveen, R Rasheed… - Plant physiology and …, 2018 - Elsevier
The underlying mechanism of selenium (Se) mediating plant salt tolerance is not well
understood and information on how plant growth and development is regulated by …

[HTML][HTML] Selenium biofortification of wheat grain via foliar application and its effect on plant metabolism

TS Lara, JH de Lima Lessa, KRD de Souza… - Journal of Food …, 2019 - Elsevier
Selenium-biofortified wheat can substantially improve human nutrition, by reducing
selenium deficiency in humans. In this study, field trials were conducted to investigate the …

Physiological and biochemical mechanisms of exogenously applied selenium for alleviating destructive impacts induced by salinity stress in bread wheat

ESM Desoky, ARMA Merwad, MF Abo El-Maati… - Agronomy, 2021 - mdpi.com
Salinity is a major abiotic stress that poses great obstacles to wheat production, especially in
arid regions. The application of exogenous substances can enhance plant salt tolerance …

Influence of selenium biofortification on the bioactive compounds and antioxidant activity of wheat microgreen extract

MZ Islam, BJ Park, HM Kang, YT Lee - Food chemistry, 2020 - Elsevier
The study was conducted to confirm the effects of selenium biofortification on the bioactive
compounds and antioxidant activity of wheat microgreen extract. The microgreens were …

Exogenously applied selenium reduces oxidative stress and induces heat tolerance in spring wheat

M Iqbal, I Hussain, H Liaqat, MA Ashraf… - Plant Physiology and …, 2015 - Elsevier
Heat stress (HS) is a worldwide threat to productivity of wheat, especially in arid and
semiarid regions of the world. Earlier studies suggested the beneficial effects of selenium …