Owing to changing climatic conditions, drought stress has emerged as a global issue
significantly affecting the production of cotton. Enhancing water use efficiency and …

Secondary metabolites are gaining an increasing importance in various industries, such as
pharmaceuticals, dyes, and food, as is the need for reliable and efficient methods of …

Chromium (Cr) is considered one of the most hazardous metal contaminant reducing crop
production and putting human health at risk. Phytohormones are known to regulate …

Plants, being sessile, have developed complex signaling and response mechanisms to
cope with biotic and abiotic stressors. Recent investigations have revealed the significant …

Abstract The global population (presently 8.1 billion) is expanding exponentially at a rate of
1.59% every year, and it is expected to reach 9 billion people by 2050. This rapid growth …

Soil salinity is one of the main barriers to increasing global food production as it reduces
crop growth and productivity. While irrigated lands in arid climates (about 20% of total …

In conventional agricultural practices, pesticides are applied to protect crops from harmful
insect pests; however, pervasive usage in high-yield crop systems poses a significant risk to …

Brassinosteroids (BRs), a new family of plant hormones, have been used in a range of food
staples, oil crops, and cereals. However, the scientific literature pertaining to their use in …

In this study, we employed a melamine sponge (MS) as the skeleton material and utilized
carbonized ZIF-8 (CZIF-8) and chitosan (CS) as the raw materials to prepare CZIF-8/CS-MS …

Plant growth regulators (PGRs) play an important role in increasing crop yield, and quality,
and enhancing crop stress resistance in agricultural production, especially for important …