Drought is a serious threat to the farming community, biasing the crop productivity in arid
and semi-arid regions of the world. Drought adversely affects seed germination, plant …

The good quality of life, growth, nutrition and development of all living beings directly or
indirectly depends upon natural surroundings. Urbanization, agriculture, industrial work and …

Seed priming is a presowing technique in which seeds are moderately hydrated to the point
where pregermination metabolic processes begin without actual germination. Seeds are …

Climate change can decrease the global maize productivity and grain quality. Maize crop
requires an optimal temperature for better harvest productivity. A suboptimal temperature at …

In the context of climate change, the magnitude and frequency of temperature extremes (low
and high temperatures) are increasing worldwide. Changes to the lower extremes of …

Abiotic stresses, among which extreme temperatures, salinity, drought, UV radiation, heavy
metal pollution, etc., adversely affect the growth and yield of cereals, the most important …

Global mean temperature is increasing at a rapid pace due to the rapid emission of
greenhouse gases majorly from anthropogenic practices and predicted to rise up to 1.5° C …

Abiotic stresses are important constraints limiting crop productivity worldwide. Salinity is one
of the most devastating environmental factors restraining the production of crops. It is …

Chilling stress hampers the optimal performance of maize under field conditions
precipitously by inducing oxidative stress. To confer the damaging effects of chilling stress …

Global warming has increased the occurrence of high temperature stress in plants, including
maize, resulting in decreased the grain number and yield. Previous studies indicate that …