Plants undergo metabolic perturbations under various abiotic stress conditions; due to their
sessile nature, the metabolic network of plants requires continuous reconfigurations in …

Silicon (Si), a bioactive metalloid is beneficial for plant growth and development. It also plays
a key role in the amelioration of different abiotic and biotic stresses. Extensive studies have …

Arsenic (As) toxicity in humans and animals has become a major concern in the last few
decades. Rice growing on As-contaminated soil is the principal dietary source of As that …

Soil salinity is a major constraint for sustainable agricultural productivity, which together with
the incessant climate change may be transformed into a severe threat to the global food …

Constant change in global climate has become the most important limiting factor to crop
productivity. Asymmetrical precipitations are causing recurrent flood events around the …

Global food security is being severely affected by the rapid increase in population and
drastic climate change. Drought stress is the most important limiting factor for the sustainable …

Rice cultivation in the rainfed ecosystems of the eastern Indo-Gangetic plain (EIGP)
frequently comes across abrupt alternation of submergence and drought during the …

The entrance of indium, an emerging contaminant from electronics, into the agroecosystem
inevitably causes its accumulation in crops and raises exposure risk of humans via food …

Rice stem is the sole conduit for cadmium translocation from underground to aboveground.
The presence of cadmium can trigger responses of rice stem multi-phenotype, affecting …

Drought is a multidimensional stress that affects the grain nutritional quality of high yielding
rice genotypes. The present study evaluated the impacts of stage-specific (seedling …