Heat tolerance in plants: an overview

A Wahid, S Gelani, M Ashraf, MR Foolad - Environmental and experimental …, 2007 - Elsevier
Heat stress due to increased temperature is an agricultural problem in many areas in the
world. Transitory or constantly high temperatures cause an array of morpho-anatomical …

Potential biochemical indicators of salinity tolerance in plants

M Ashraf, PJC Harris - Plant science, 2004 - Elsevier
Despite a wealth of published research on salinity tolerance of plants, neither the metabolic
sites at which salt stress damages plants nor the adaptive mechanisms utilized by plants to …

Some important physiological selection criteria for salt tolerance in plants

M Ashraf - Flora-Morphology, Distribution, Functional Ecology of …, 2004 - Elsevier
Undoubtedly, plant breeders have made a significant achievement in the past few years,
improving salinity tolerance in a number of potential crops using artificial selection and …

Causes of salinity and plant manifestations to salt stress: a review

S Yadav, M Irfan, A Ahmad… - Journal of environmental …, 2011 - search.proquest.com
Salinity in agricultutal terms is the excess of salts above the level plant require. Most often it
poses constrains in the growth hence productivity of the category of plants called …

Salicylic Acid Alleviates the Adverse Effects of Salt Stress on Dianthus superbus (Caryophyllaceae) by Activating Photosynthesis, Protecting Morphological Structure …

X Ma, J Zheng, X Zhang, Q Hu, R Qian - Frontiers in plant science, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Salt stress critically affects the physiological processes and morphological structure of
plants, resulting in reduced plant growth. Salicylic acid (SA) is an important signal molecule …

[HTML][HTML] Salt stress and phyto-biochemical responses of plants-a review

A Parvaiz, S Satyawati - Plant soil and environment, 2008 - pse.agriculturejournals.cz
The ability of plants to tolerate salts is determined by multiple biochemical pathways that
facilitate retention and/or acquisition of water, protect chloroplast functions and maintain ion …

The physiological, biochemical and molecular roles of brassinosteroids and salicylic acid in plant processes and salt tolerance

M Ashraf, NA Akram, RN Arteca… - Critical Reviews in Plant …, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
Plant hormones regulate plant growth and development by affecting an array of cellular,
physiological, and developmental processes, including, but not limited to, cell division and …

Does exogenous application of salicylic acid through the rooting medium modulate growth and photosynthetic capacity in two differently adapted spring wheat …

M Arfan, HR Athar, M Ashraf - Journal of plant physiology, 2007 - Elsevier
In order to assess whether exogenous application of salicylic acid (SA) through the rooting
medium could modulate the photosynthetic capacity of two wheat cultivars differing in …

Electrolyte leakage and lipid degradation account for cold sensitivity in leaves ofCoffea sp. plants

PS Campos, V nia Quartin, JC chicho Ramalho… - Journal of plant …, 2003 - Elsevier
Five Coffea genotypes differing in their sensitivity to low positive temperatures were
compared with regard to the effects of chilling on membrane integrity, as well as their ability …

Food crops face rising temperatures: an overview of responses, adaptive mechanisms, and approaches to improve heat tolerance

N Kaushal, K Bhandari, KHM Siddique… - Cogent food & …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
The rising temperatures are resulting in heat stress for various agricultural crops to limit their
growth, metabolism, and leading to significant loss of yield potential worldwide. Heat stress …