Abiotic stresses such as salinity, drought, heavy metals, and extreme temperatures are a
major constraint that negatively affect growth and productivity of horticultural plants. In order …

The global community decided in 2015 to improve people's lives by 2030 by setting 17
global goals for sustainable development. The second goal of this community was to end …

Abiotic stresses, such as those induced by climatic factors or contaminants, and biotic
stresses prompted by phytopathogens and pests inflict tremendous losses in agriculture and …

Due to the growing number of the world's population, there is an urgent need for high-quality
food to meet global food security. Traditional fertilizers and pesticides face the problems of …

In the present study, an eco-friendly process was made for the rapid synthesis of silver
nanoparticles using aqueous leaf extract of Hibiscus sabdariffa. The process was …

Drought stress is one of the major constraints on the growth and productivity of crop plants.
Recently, new approaches have been employed in order to cope with the drought. Out of the …

Secondary metabolites (SMs) are biologically active compounds that have a very high
commercial value due to their invaluable medicinal properties. However, the production …

Background Salinity stress is a major limiting factor for plant growth, particularly in arid and
semi-arid environments. To mitigate the detrimental effects of salinity stress on vegetable …

In view of previously recorded effects of zinc oxide and titanium dioxide nanoparticles (ZnO
and TiO 2 NPs) in a wide range of plant processes including mitigation of stress effects, a …

Most of cereal crops are glycophytes which are sensitive to salinity. Thus, the increase of
land salinization globally threatens crop production. Conventional strategies of breeding …