Global warming is predicted to have a general negative effect on plant growth due to the
damaging effect of high temperatures on plant development. The increasing threat of …

Ambient temperatures are predicted to rise in the future owing to several reasons associated
with global climate changes. These temperature increases can result in heat stress-a severe …

Salinity is one of the most important abiotic stresses that negatively affects plant growth and
development around the world. It has been reported that approximately 19.5% of all irrigated …

Plants are frequently exposed to a plethora of unfavorable or even adverse environmental
conditions, termed as abiotic stresses (such as salinity, drought, heat, cold, flooding, heavy …

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 …

Salinity is one of the major limitations to wheat production worldwide. This study was
designed to evaluate the level of genetic variation among 150 internationally derived wheat …

Drought and salinity are an immense threat to crop production worldwide, and crop growth
models predict that due to global climate change the frequency and severity of drought and …

Potato is a major global crop that has an important role to play in food security, reducing
poverty and improving human nutrition. Enhanced atmospheric CO 2 concentrations provide …

Plants confront an extent of abiotic stresses due to environmental hardship, among which
salinity is one of the major abiotic stresses that seizes plant growth and development …

At present more than 20% of all the irrigated land in the world is estimated as affected by
salinity and this trend is increasing with the rapid climate changes as well as the excess use …