By the year 2050, the world's population is predicted to have grown to around 9–10 billion
people. The food demand in many countries continues to increase with population growth …

In recent times, the demand for food and feed for the ever-increasing population has
achieved unparalleled importance, which cannot afford crop yield loss. Now-a-days, the …

Iron (Fe) is a micronutrient that plays an important role in agriculture worldwide because
plants require a small amount of iron for its growth and development. All major functions in a …

The present study was conducted to investigate whether exogenous application of salicylic
acid (SA) and zinc (Zn) could regulate the activities of antioxidant enzymes and ameliorate …

Water deficit is a major abiotic stress that devastatingly affects wheat growth and production,
particularly in arid environments. Moreover, drought is expected to become more frequent …

Using nanofertilizers in certain concentrations can be a novel method to alleviate drought
stress effects in plants as a global climate problem. We aimed to determine the impacts of …

Salinity is among major environmental constraints in arid and semi-arid regions of the world
that is deteriorating soil fertility and reducing uptake of micronutrients especially Fe and Zn …

Drought is one of the major environmental stresses that impairs fruit productivity and quality.
The proper management of minerals can, however, assist plant to maintain their growth …

Biotechnology-based breeding methods can improve useful industrial medicinal plants in a
faster way. Tissue culture-based and in planta Agrobacterium-mediated gene transformation …

Plants need to survive with changing environmental conditions, be it different accessibility to
water or nutrients, or attack by insects or pathogens. Few of these changes, especially heavy …