How to Cope With Stress in the Desert—The Date Palm Approach

B Du, BL Franzisky, W Muhammad… - Plant, Cell & …, 2025 - Wiley Online Library
Increasing desertification constitutes a global environmental problem, mainly driven by
climate change and inappropriate land‐use that limits agriculture, forestry and human …

A review on plant endophytes in response to abiotic stress

J Cui, F Nie, Y Zhao, D Zhang, D Zhou… - Environmental …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Endophytes, as microorganisms widely present in plants, have an important role in plant
growth and development. Abiotic stresses are very essential influence on plant growth and …

Enzyme stabilization and thermotolerance function of the intrinsically disordered LEA2 proteins from date palm

MA Aziz, M Sabeem, MS Kutty, S Rahman… - Scientific reports, 2023 - nature.com
In date palm, the LEA2 genes are of abundance with sixty-two members that are nearly all
ubiquitous. However, their functions and interactions with potential target molecules are …

Date palm transcriptome analysis provides new insights on changes in response to high salt stress of colonized roots with the endophytic fungus Piriformospora indica

M Ahmad, M Abdul Aziz, M Sabeem, MS Kutty… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Salinity is a significant threat that causes considerable yield losses in date palm. The root
endophytic fungus Piriformospora indica has proven effective in providing salt stress …

Advances and mechanisms of fungal symbionts in improving the salt tolerance of crops

C Zhang, Y Meng, M Zhao, M Wang, C Wang, J Dong… - Plant Science, 2024 - Elsevier
Soil salinization leads to reduced crop yields and waste of land resources, thereby
impacting global food security. To meet the increasing demand for food and simultaneously …

Reactive oxygen species (ROS) scavenging and methylglyoxal (MG) detoxification confers salinity tolerance in mustard cultivars inoculated with Piriformospora …

R Sharaya, N Tuteja, R Gill, SS Gill - South African Journal of Botany, 2023 - Elsevier
Salinization has become a major concern for the growth and development of plants,
resulting in significant crop losses. Beneficial microbial symbionts are utilized as promising …

[HTML][HTML] Advancing date palm cultivation in the Arabian Peninsula and beyond: Addressing stress tolerance, genetic diversity, and sustainable practices

SK Manikandan, NK Gowda, V Nair… - Agricultural Water …, 2025 - Elsevier
Date palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.) cultivation in the Arabian Peninsula is crucial for regional
agriculture and global markets. The Arabian Peninsula is dominant in date production …

Fermentation broth of a novel endophytic fungus enhanced maize salt tolerance by regulating sugar metabolism and phytohormone biosynthesis or signaling

M Li, X Liu, F Wu, X Shi, D Kong, X Li, C Mu… - Plant Physiology and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Soil salinization is a major environmental factor that severely affects global agriculture. Root
endophytes can enter root cells, and offer various ecological benefits, such as promoting …

Nutrient and mycoremediation of a global menace 'arsenic': exploring the prospects of phosphorus and Serendipita indica-based mitigation strategies in rice and …

S Sehar, MF Adil, SMH Askri, E Dennis, M Faizan… - Plant Cell Reports, 2024 - Springer
Key message Serendipita indica induced metabolic reprogramming in colonized plants
complements phosphorus-management in improving their tolerance to arsenic stress on …

Heterologous expression of the durum wheat TdHKT1;4–1 partially complements the mutant athkt1 in Arabidopsis thaliana under severe salt stress

SB Amar, F Brini, K Masmoudi - Protoplasma, 2024 - Springer
Abstract High-affinity K+ (HKT) transporters which mediate Na+-specific transport or Na+-K+
co-transport play a key role in plant salt tolerance. In our previous functional study in …