Mechanisms of Stress Tolerance in Horticultural Crops: Physiological and Molecular Insights

Milan Kumar Lal, Ravinder Kumar, Rahul Kumar Tiwari, Awadhesh Kumar, Abazar Ghorbani, Necla Pehlivan, Meisam Zargar

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The field of horticultural crop production is increasingly challenged by both abiotic and biotic...

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Keywords: PGPR,­Horticultural crops,­abiotic and biotic stress,­Salinity-stress,­drought

Plant Stress – A Threat to Food Security

Jagna Chmielowska-Bąk, Yuriy E. Kolupaev, Yaroslav B. Blume

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The adverse effects of abiotic stresses on plants, including crops, is a growing and pressing...

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Keywords: stress signaling,­Climate Change,­Cellular plasticity,­Crop Production,­Food security,­Stress sensing,­tran

Salinity and Drought Stress in Plants: Understanding Physiological, Biochemical and Molecular Responses, volume II

Muhammad Waseem, PingWu Liu, Sunil Kumar Sahu, Umashankar Chandrasekaran

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This Research Topic is part of the series:

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Keywords: Drought stress,­salinity stress,­Food security,­Stress Tolerance,­plant breeding,­plant physiology,­omics

Flourishing in Arid Realms: Exploring the Adaptation of Plant Functional Traits to Drought Environments

Jie Gao, Weiguo Liu, Kyung-Min Kim, Johan Gielis

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Drought stress presents a formidable challenge in the context of global climate change, posing...

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Keywords: above-ground architecture,­biomass allocation,­Drought-tolerance,­Drought stress,­leaf vein density,­Plant functional traits,­Scaling relationship

Enhancing Salinity Tolerance in Crop Plants through Agronomic, Genetic,Molecular, and Physiological Approaches

Muhammad Umair Hassan, Muhammad Nawaz, Lorenzo Barbanti, Sajid Masood

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Salinity stress is serious abiotic stress that negatively affects crop productivity and global food...

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Keywords: salinity stress,­salinity tolerance,­crop productivity,­Genomics,­Biotechnology

Surviving and Thriving: How Crops Perceive and Respond to Temperature Stress

Zemin Wang, Yi Wang, Darren Wong

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The dramatic temperature fluctuations spurred by climate change inhibit plant growth and threaten...

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Keywords: Climate Change,­Temperature stress,­Crop tolerance,­Agriculture,­sustainability

Chilling Tolerance and Regulation of Horticultural Crops: Physiological, Molecular, and Genetic Perspectives

Shifeng Cao, Diane Maria Beckles, Maria F. Drincovich, Isabel Lara, Julian C. Verdonk, Qiong Lin, Chongde Sun, Reinaldo Campos-Vargas

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Chilling injury affects crops in the tropical and subtropical regions. Damage can include surface...

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Keywords: chilling stress,­Chilling response,­Chilling tolerance,­Horticultural crop

Safe Utilization of Heavy Metals Pollution in Soils for Healthy Food

Jiawen Wu, Qi Tao, Muhammad Bilal Khan

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Arable lands, which provide about 95% of food for human beings, are under great pressure due to...

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Keywords: Alleviation,­bioremediation,­crops,­heavy metals,­Phytoremediation

Physiological and Molecular Mechanisms of Important Agronomic Traits in Plants Under Various Abiotic Factors

Dongmei Li, Dominik K. Großkinsky, Weiwei Zheng, Zhibo Wang

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Plants live in environments influenced by various abiotic factors that can cause diverse stresses,...

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Keywords: abiotic stress,­Growth and Development,­quality,­yield,­Physiological mechanisms,­Interaction,­Molecular mechanisms