Journal of Applied Botany and Food Quality, 2014 Drought stress is considered as a critical limiting factor in plant growth and productivity. Substances such as salicylic acid (SA) and ascorbic acid (AA) may enhance drought tolerance in plants.
Asad Rokhzadi
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Plants, 2023 Mineral accumulation in plants under drought stress is essential for drought tolerance. The distribution, survival, and growth of Chinese fir (Cunninghamia lanceolata (Lamb.) Hook.), an evergreen conifer, can be affected by climate change, particularly ...
Shubin Li +7 more
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Transcriptomic analysis of field-droughted sorghum from seedling to maturity reveals biotic and metabolic responses. [PDF]
, 2019 Drought is the most important environmental stress limiting crop yields. The C4 cereal sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench] is a critical food, forage, and emerging bioenergy crop that is notably drought-tolerant.
Baker, Christopher R +27 more
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Breeding drought tolerant cowpea: constraints, accomplishments, and future prospects [PDF]
, 2009 This review presents an overview of accomplishments on different aspects of cowpea breeding for drought tolerance. Furthermore it provides options to enhance the genetic potential of the crop by minimizing yield loss due to drought stress. Recent efforts
Agbicodo, A.C.M.E. +4 more
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Drought Stress Results in a Compartment-Specific Restructuring of the Rice Root-Associated Microbiomes. [PDF]
, 2017 Plant roots support complex microbial communities that can influence plant growth, nutrition, and health. While extensive characterizations of the composition and spatial compartmentalization of these communities have been performed in different plant ...
Bao Nguyen +5 more
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Exploitation of tolerance to drought stress in carrot (Daucus carota L.): an overview
Stress Biology, 2023 Drought stress is a significant environmental factor that adversely affects the growth and development of carrot (Daucus carota L.), resulting in reduced crop yields and quality.
Muhammad Daniyal Junaid +2 more
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Identification of drought, heat and combined drought and heat tolerant donors in maize (Zea mays L.) [PDF]
, 2013 Low maize yields and the impacts of climate change on maize production highlight the need to improve yields in eastern and southern Africa. Climate projections suggest higher temperatures within drought-prone areas.
Araus, J.L. +12 more
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Effect of drought on aquaporin expression in grafted and ungrafted grapevine cultivars [PDF]
Ciência e Técnica Vitivinícola, 2023 Drought stress severely affects growth, development and productivity in most agricultural crops. Since ancient times, rootstocks have been used to enable crop cultivation in unsuitable soil conditions.
Koc Mehmet, Cangi Rüstem, Yildiz Kenan
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JUNGBRUNNEN1 confers drought tolerance downstream of the HD-Zip I Transcription factor AtHB13 [PDF]
, 2017 Low water availability is the major environmental factor limiting growth and productivity of plants and crops and is therefore considered of high importance for agriculture affected by climate change.
Allu, Annapurna D. +6 more
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Response Mechanism of Plants to Drought Stress [PDF]
Horticulturae, 2021 With the global climate anomalies and the destruction of ecological balance, the water shortage has become a serious ecological problem facing all mankind, and drought has become a key factor restricting the development of agricultural production. Therefore, it is essential to study the drought tolerance of crops. Based on previous studies, we reviewed
Xinyi Yang +5 more
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