The change in climatic conditions is the major cause for decline in crop production
worldwide. Decreasing crop productivity will further lead to increase in global hunger rate …

Environmental changes cause abiotic stress in plants, primarily through alterations in the
uptake of the nutrients and water they require for their metabolism and growth and to …

Plasma membrane intrinsic proteins (PIPs) are known to be major facilitators of the
movement of a number of substrates across cell membranes. From a drought‐resistant …

In this study, we generated transgenic durum wheat cv. Maali overexpressing the wheat
plasma membrane aquaporin Td PIP2; 1 gene under the control of Pr Td PIP2; 1 promoter or …

Chinese milk vetch (Astragalus sinicus L.) is an important leguminous green manure that
frequently suffers from seasonal drought. To improve its drought tolerance, the effects of …

Cytokinin oxidase/dehydrogenase (CKXs) are involved in various physiological processes,
including cytokinins (CKs) catabolism, root system architecture and response to abiotic …

Background Cold is one of the main abiotic stresses that severely affect plant growth and
development, and crop productivity as well. Transcriptional changes during cold stress have …

Abstract Universal Stress Proteins (USPs) are ubiquitously responsive to environmental
stresses, but function of most of them remains largely unknown. A novel USP from Medicago …

Kentucky bluegrass (Poa pratensis L.) is an important cool season turfgrass species with a
high cold tolerance, but it is sensitive to drought. It is valuable for the applications of …

Key message MfLEA3 is involved in protection of catalase activity and confers multiple
abiotic stress tolerance. Abstract Late embryogenesis abundant (LEA) proteins are involved …