Agricultural production is under threat due to climate change in food insecure regions,
especially in Asian countries. Various climate-driven extremes, ie, drought, heat waves …

Silicon (Si), a bioactive metalloid is beneficial for plant growth and development. It also plays
a key role in the amelioration of different abiotic and biotic stresses. Extensive studies have …

Drought has been highly prevalent around the world especially in Sub‐Saharan Africa and
South‐East Asian countries. Consistent climatic instabilities and unpredictable rainfall …

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

Background Drought-resistant varieties are an important way to address the conflict between
wheat's high water demand and the scarcity of water resources in the North China Plain …

The current study was designed to assess the effect of different concentrations of silica oxide
nanoparticles (SiO2NPs)(0, 30, 60, and 90 ppm) as foliar applications under three irrigation …

Osmotic stress is a major physiologic dysfunction that alters the water movement across the
cell membrane. Soil salinity and water stress are major causal factors of osmotic stress that …

Rice cultivation in the rainfed ecosystems of the eastern Indo-Gangetic plain (EIGP)
frequently comes across abrupt alternation of submergence and drought during the …

Context The response of rice growth and yield to climate variations in different climate zones
and the underlying mechanisms need to be better understood. Objectives The objectives …

Drought has a direct impact on rice growth performance at various stages. Nevertheless, the
impact of nanoparticles on the rice seedlings under drought stress remained limited. Thus, a …