Sprouts and microgreens—Novel food sources for healthy diets

AW Ebert - Plants, 2022 - mdpi.com
With the growing interest of society in healthy eating, the interest in fresh, ready-to-eat,
functional food, such as microscale vegetables (sprouted seeds and microgreens), has been …

Potassium: A track to develop salinity tolerant plants

S Kumari, H Chhillar, P Chopra, RR Khanna… - Plant Physiology and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Salinity is one of the major constraints to plant growth and development across the globe
that leads to the huge crop productivity loss. Salinity stress causes impairment in plant's …

Drought Stress Alleviation by Potassium-Nitrate-Containing Chitosan/Montmorillonite Microparticles Confers Changes in Spinacia oleracea L.

SABH Bukhari, I Lalarukh, SF Amjad, N Mansoora… - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
Drought and low amounts of mineral nutrients in the soil are the two leading global
constraints in arid and semiarid regions. Their detrimental effects on soils and crops can be …

Heat stress mitigation in tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) through foliar application of gibberellic acid

T Guo, S Gull, MM Ali, AF Yousef, S Ercisli, HM Kalaji… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Phytohormones mediate physiological, morphological, and enzymatic responses and are
important regulators of plant growth and development at different stages. Even though …

Seed priming with the selenium nanoparticles maintains the redox status in the water stressed tomato plants by modulating the antioxidant defense enzymes

M Ishtiaq, MW Mazhar, M Maqbool, T Hussain… - Plants, 2023 - mdpi.com
In the present research, selenium nanoparticles (SeNPs) were tested for their use as seed
priming agents under field trials on tomatoes (Solanum lycopersicum L.) for their efficacy in …

Promotion of seed germination and early plant growth by KNO3 and light spectra in Ocimum tenuiflorum using a plant factory

A Thongtip, K Mosaleeyanon, S Korinsak, T Too**da… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
The plant factory with artificial light (PFAL) is a novel cultivation system of agriculture
technology for crop production under controlled-environment conditions. However, there are …

Salt and drought stress-mitigating approaches in sugar beet (Beta vulgaris L.) to improve its performance and yield

H Alavilli, S Yolcu, M Skorupa, SB Aciksoz, M Asif - Planta, 2023 - Springer
Main conclusion Although sugar beet is a salt-and drought-tolerant crop, high salinity, and
water deprivation significantly reduce its yield and growth. Several reports have …

Effect of environmental factors on growth and development of fruits

MM Ali, AF Yousef, B Li, F Chen - Tropical Plant Biology, 2021 - Springer
Environmental factors play critical role in determining growth and development of fruits. This
phenomenon has been known for quite a while, and endeavors have been made worldwide …

Salinity stress in maize: Effects of stress and recent developments of tolerance for improvement

AE Sabagh, F Çiğ, S Seydoşoğlu, ML Battaglia… - Cereal …, 2021 - books.google.com
Soil salinity has emerged as a global threat to sustainability of farming systems by
deteriorating the quality and productivity of crops particularly in the coastal regions of the …

Alleviation of heat stress in tomato by exogenous application of sulfur

MM Ali, M Waleed Shafique, S Gull, W Afzal Naveed… - Horticulturae, 2021 - mdpi.com
Temperature is a key factor influencing plant growth and productivity, however sudden
increases in temperature can cause severe consequences in terms of crop performance. We …