Soil salinization is a severe abiotic stress that negatively affects plant growth and
development, leading to physiological abnormalities and ultimately threatening global food …

Vegetable and ornamental plants represent a very wide group of heterogeneous plants,
both herbaceous and woody, generally without relevant salinity-tolerant mechanisms. The …

Introduction Sustainable agriculture and meeting the world's food needs face considerable
obstacles from abiotic stresses such as soil salinity and drought. This critical issue was …

Agricultural crops are exposed to various abiotic stresses, such as salinity, water deficits,
temperature extremes, floods, radiation, and metal toxicity. To overcome these challenges …

Salinity is a major abiotic stress factor affecting crop plants' growth, development, and yield
in many areas of the world, which may greatly influence the world's food security in the …

Drought (D) and heat (H) are the two major abiotic stresses hindering cereal crop growth
and productivity, either singly or in combination (D/+ H), by imposing various negative …

Plant species have evolved diverse metabolic pathways to effectively respond to internal
and external signals throughout their life cycle, allowing adaptation to their sessile and …

Current combined challenges of rising food demand, climate change and farmland
degradation exert enormous pressure on agricultural production. Worldwide soil …

Global crop production and food-and-nutrition security are severely threatened by climate
change-induced effects, including compound environmental stresses and dwindling crop …

Fruit species contribute to nutritional and health security by providing micronutrients,
antioxidants, and bioactive phytoconstituents, and hence fruit-based products are becoming …