Approximately 1 billion ha of the global land surface is currently salt-affected, representing
about 7% of the earth's land surface. Whereas most of it results from natural geochemical …

The environmental stress is a major area of scientific concern because it constraints plant as
well as crop productivity. Salinity stress limits crop yield affecting plant growth and restricting …

Aquaporins are membrane channels that facilitate the transport of water and small neutral
molecules across biological membranes of most living organisms. In plants, aquaporins …

A common effect of several abiotic stresses is to cause tissue dehydration. Such dehydration
is caused by the imbalance between root water uptake and leaf transpiration. Under some …

Rapid seed germination and stand establishment are critical factors to crop production
under salt‐stress conditions. In many crop species, seed germination and early seedling …

Background Carbon nanotubes have been shown to improve the germination and growth of
some plant species, extending the applicability of the emerging nano-biotechnology field to …

Elevated Na+ levels in agricultural lands are increasingly becoming a serious threat to the
world agriculture. Plants suffer osmotic and ionic stress under high salinity due to the salts …

Aquaporins are channel proteins present in the plasma and intracellular membranes of plant
cells, where they facilitate the transport of water and/or small neutral solutes (urea, boric …

The capacity of roots to take up water is determined in part by the resistance of living tissues
to radial water flow. Both the apoplastic and cell‐to‐cell paths mediate water transport in …

Brassica oilseed species now hold the third position among oilseed crops and are an
important source of vegetable oil. The most common Brassica oil-seed crops grown for …