Drought can be considered as a cocktail of multiple stressful conditions that contribute to
osmotic and ionic imbalance in plants. Considering that water is vital for plant life, the very …

Global climatic fluctuations and the increasing population have been responsible for the
decline in the crop productivity. The chemical fertilizers, pesticides, and suitable genetic …

Calcium (Ca) plays important role in plant development and response to various
environmental stresses. However, its involvement in mitigation of heavy metal stress in …

Mining operations have a significant negative impact on the surrounding ecosystems. The
operation of mines and quarries creates a large amount of waste that accumulate and are …

Autophagy is a protein degradation process in which cells recycle cytoplasmic contents
when subjected to environmental stress conditions or during certain stages of development …

Plants have evolved many strategies for adaptation to extreme environments. Ca2+, acting
as an important secondary messenger in plant cells, is a signaling molecule involved in …

Cadmium (Cd) is a heavy metal that occurs naturally in the environment and is toxic to both
animals and plants. The impact of Cd toxicity is shown to be reduced by the exogenous …

There is a pressing need to improve climate-resilient crops as a consequence of
increasingly erratic climatic behavior that threatens global food security. Current scientific …

This investigation aimed to study the effects of magnetic treatments (normal seeds irrigated
with tap water, magnetized seeds irrigated with tap water, normal seeds irrigated with …

We evaluated the effects of saline stress on soluble proteins, lipid peroxidation (TBAR),
chlorophyll a, chlorophyll b, β-carotene, violaxanthin, and proline in Paulownia imperialis …