Global climate changes cause extreme temperatures and a significant reduction in crop
production, leading to food insecurity worldwide. Temperature extremes (including both heat …

Inhospitable conditions that hinder plant growth and development encompass a range of
abiotic stresses, such as drought, extreme temperatures (both low and high), salinity …

Cut flower quality is severely restrained by stem bending due to low stem strength.
Melatonin has been shown to function in many aspects of plant growth and development, yet …

The expansion of gene families during evolution could generate functional diversity among
their members to regulate plant growth and development. Melatonin, a phylogenetically …

Chromatin modifications shape the epigenome and are essential for gene expression
reprogramming during plant development and adaptation to the changing environment …

It was suggested that the most effective way to improve rice grain yield is to increase the
grain number per panicle (GN) through the breeding practice in recent decades. GN is a …

Environmental pollution with organic pollutants has increased drastically in recent decades.
Despite the importance of minimizing organic pollutant content such as pesticide residue in …

Grain size is a key component of grain yield in cereals. It is a complex quantitative trait
controlled by multiple genes. Grain size is determined via several factors in different plant …

The primary root is the first organ to perceive the stress signals for abiotic stress. In this
study, maize plants subjected to drought, heat and combined stresses displayed a …

The elimination of seed shattering was a key step in rice (Oryza sativa) domestication. In this
paper, we show that increasing the gibberellic acid (GA) content or response in the …