Drought is one of the major stress factors affecting the growth and development of plants. In
this context, drought-related losses of crop plant productivity impede sustainable agriculture …

A class of hydrophilic polymers known as “hydrogels” have extensive water content and
three-dimensional crosslinked networks. Since the old period, they have been utilized as …

Soil salinization adversely affects sustainability and productivity of cultivable land by altering
seed germination, growth and physio-biochemical attributes consequently limiting …

The abiotic stresses of drought, salinity and freezing are linked by the fact that they all
decrease the availability of water to plant cells. This decreased availability of water is …

Requirements for research, practices and policies affecting soil management in relation to
global food security are reviewed. Managing soil organic carbon (C) is central because soil …

Climate change and rising sea levels increasingly threaten agriculture, especially in the
coastal regions. Banana cultivars, especially the Cavendish clones, are sensitive to salinity …

The decade since the publication of the third edition of this volume has been an era of great
progress in biology in general and the plant sciences in particular. This is especially true …

This review considers stomatal conductance as an indicator of genotypic differences in the
growth response to water stress. The benefits of using stomatal conductance are compared …

Drought stress is an increasing concern because of climate change and increasing
demands on water for agriculture. There are still many unknowns about how plants sense …

Maintenance of root growth is essential for plant adaptation to soil drying. Here, we tested
the hypothesis that auxin transport is involved in mediating ABA's modulation by activating …