Breeding crop plants with increased yield potential and improved tolerance to stressful
environments is critical for global food security. Drought stress (DS) adversely affects …

Climate change is a major threat to most of the agricultural crops grown in tropical and sub-
tropical areas globally. Drought stress is one of the consequences of climate change that …

Cadmium (Cd) is a trace element causing severe toxicity symptoms in plants, besides
posing hazardous fitness issue due to its buildup in the human body through food chain …

Heavy metal (HM) contamination of the soil through anthropogenic activities influences the
living systems and drastically impacts food chain. This study examined the application of …

Accumulation of toxic elements by plants from polluted soil can induce the excessive
formation of reactive oxygen species (ROS), thereby causing retarded plants' physiological …

Plants due to the high content of various bioactive compounds are the main raw material for
production of valuable, and useful bio-products (eg., food, cosmetics, medicines …

Co-contamination of soils with cadmium (Cd) and arsenic (As) in rice growing areas is a
serious threat to environment and human health. Increase in soil Cd and As levels curtail the …

Introduction Soil pollution caused by toxic elements such as lead (Pb) and cadmium (Cd)
induces environmental stress on vegetable plants and soil microbial communities, reducing …

Limited water stress is one of the most important environmental stresses that affect the
growth, quantity and quality of agronomic crops. This study was undertaken to investigate …

A study was carried out to evaluate the effectiveness of sugar beet extract (SBE) and glycine
betaine (GB) in mitigating the adverse effects of drought stress on two maize cultivars. Seeds …