Undoubtedly, drought is one of the prime abiotic stresses in the world. Crop yield losses due
to drought stress are considerable. Although a variety of approaches have been used to …

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 …

Polyploidy, defined as the coexistence of three or more complete sets of chromosomes in an
organism's cells, is considered as a pivotal moving force in the evolutionary history of …

Since the publication of the third edition of the Handbook of Plant and Crop Stress,
continuous discoveries in the fields of plant and crop environmental stresses and their …

Transcription factors have been shown to control the activity of multiple stress response
genes in a coordinated manner and therefore represent attractive targets for application in …

Fully drought-resistant crop plants would be beneficial, but selection breeding has not
produced them. Genetic modification of species by introduction of very many genes is …

Impacts of climate change like global warming, drought, flooding, and other extreme events
are posing severe challenges to global crop production. Contribution of Brassica napus …

In plants, transcriptional regulation is the most important tool for modulating flavonoid
biosynthesis. The AtMYB12 gene from Arabidopsis thaliana has been shown to regulate the …

Summary Myo‐inositol‐1‐phosphate synthase (MIPS) is a key rate limiting enzyme in myo‐
inositol biosynthesis. The MIPS gene has been shown to improve tolerance to abiotic …

Water deficit imposed by either drought or salinity brings about severe growth retardation
and yield loss of crops. Since Brassica crops are important contributors to total oilseed …