Plants face a combination of different abiotic stresses under field conditions which are lethal
to plant growth and production. Simultaneous occurrence of chilling and drought stresses in …

Plant growth and productivity is adversely affected by nature's wrath in the form of various
biotic and abiotic stress factors. Water deficit is one of the major abiotic stresses, which …

We report the draft genome of the black cottonwood tree, Populus trichocarpa. Integration of
shotgun sequence assembly with genetic map** enabled chromosome-scale …

Climatic models indicated that in this century, both average temperatures and extreme
events frequency will increase in the Mediterranean basin. These changes are expected to …

Limited information on likely supply and spatial yield of bioenergy crops exists for the UK.
Here, productivities are reported of poplar (Populus spp.) and willow (Salix spp.) grown as …

Photosynthetic assimilation of atmospheric carbon dioxide by land plants offers the
underpinnings for terrestrial carbon (C) sequestration. A proportion of the C captured in plant …

Several biotic and abiotic stresses affect plant growth, development and crop productivity. To
cope up all these stresses, plant develops certain efficient strategies to avoid or tolerate the …

Drought is considered as one of the major limiting factors affecting growth and productivity of
crop plants. It severely affects the morphological and physiological activities of the plants …

Background An increased understanding of leaf area development is important in a number
of fields: in food and non-food crops, for example short rotation forestry as a biofuels …

Phytotechnologies have been used worldwide to remediate and restore damaged
ecosystems, especially those caused by industrial byproducts leaching into rivers and other …