Nowadays, the accumulation of toxic heavy metals in soil and water streams is considered a
serious environmental problem that causes various harmful effects on plants and animals …

Global climate change is identified as a major threat to survival of natural ecosystems.
Climate change is a dynamic, multifaceted system of alterations in environmental conditions …

RNA can fold back on itself to adopt a wide range of structures. These range from relatively
simple hairpins to intricate 3D folds and can be accompanied by regulatory interactions with …

Under dryland conditions, annual and perennial food crops are exposed to dry spells,
severely affecting crop productivity by limiting available soil moisture at critical and sensitive …

The growth, survival, and productivity of plants are constantly challenged by diverse abiotic
stresses. When plants are exposed to stress for the first time, they can capture molecular …

Abscisic acid (ABA) is well-known phytohormone involved in the control of plant natural
developmental processes, as well as the stress response. Although in wheat (Triticum …

Background The era of first green revolution brought about by the application of chemical
fertilizers surely led to the explosion of food grains, but left behind the notable problem of …

Over the past century, the average surface temperature and recurrent heatwaves have been
steadily rising, affecting the yield potential of most food crops including bread wheat, the …

Straighthead disease is a physiological disorder in rice with symptoms of sterile spikelets,
distorted husks, and erect panicles. Methylated arsenic species have been implicated as the …

The current study was devoted to assessing the impact of exogenous ascorbic acid (AsA) in
inducing systemic thermotolerance against acute heat stress in tomato (Solanum …