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 …

Plant requires seventeen essential mineral elements for proper growth and functioning
classified as macro and micro-nutrients. Apart from these, cerium (Ce), cobalt (Co), iodine (I) …

Selenium (Se), being an essential micronutrient, enhances plant growth and development in
trace amounts. It also protects plants against different abiotic stresses by acting as an …

Selenium (Se) can be absorbed by plants, thereby affects plant physiological activity,
interferes gene expression, alters metabolite content and influences plant growth. However …

Drought stress (DS) is a potential abiotic stress that is substantially reducing crop
productivity across the globe. Likewise, salinity stress (SS) is another serious abiotic stress …

Selenium (Se) is a microelement that plays an important nutrient role by influencing various
physiological and biochemical traits in plants. It has been shown to stimulate plant …

Nano-silicon application is an efficient novel approach to mitigate the deleterious impacts of
drought stress on field crops, which is expected to increase owing to climate change …

Salt stress is one of the environmental factors that limit global agricultural productions and
vegetative growths. For last several decades, plant scientists have been trying to fully …

Water deficit is a pivotal abiotic stress that detrimentally constrains rice growth and
production. Thereupon, the development of high-yielding and drought-tolerant rice …

Salinity is widespread environmental stress that poses great obstacles to rapeseed
development and growth. Polyamines are key plant growth regulators that play a pivotal role …