Soil salinization is a severe abiotic stress that negatively affects plant growth and
development, leading to physiological abnormalities and ultimately threatening global food …

On the world stage, the increase in temperatures due to global warming is already a reality
that has become one of the main challenges faced by the scientific community. Since …

As two coexisting abiotic stresses, salt stress and alkali stress have severely restricted the
development of global agriculture. Clarifying the plant resistance mechanism and …

Flavonoids are specialized metabolites largely widespread in plants where they play
numerous roles including defense and signaling under stress conditions. These compounds …

Drought or/and salinity stress significantly impact maize water use and production. However,
comprehensive investigations into the genotype× environment interactions (water or/and …

Rice is a premier staple food that constitutes the bulk of the daily diet of the majority of
people in Asia. Agricultural productivity must be boosted to support this huge demand for …

Stomatal conductance (gs) affects water use efficiency (WUE) through coordinating
photosynthesis and transpiration and is regulated by chemical and/or hydraulic signals …

Understanding the physiological responses of crops to drought is important for ensuring
sustained crop productivity under climate change, which is expected to exacerbate the …

Drought and salinity are major environmental stresses that impair crop growth and
productivity worldwide. Improving drought and salt tolerance of crops with microbial …

Carbon and nitrogen metabolism provide the main energy and basic nutrients for plants.
However, environmental stress seriously affects carbon and nitrogen metabolism and thus …