Water stress, a severe abiotic stress, is currently posing a significant threat to wheat production globally. So, two experiments were conducted at the Exp...

Abiotic stressors caused by climate change create severe problems for global agriculture, where drought, soil salinity, heavy metals (HMs) contamination, and flooding ...

Tomato is an important vegetable crop all over the world due to its nutritional and medicinal value. Its demand is increasing while its production is adversely affected by the changing climate. ...

Recently, cerium oxide nanoparticles (CeO2-NPs) have attracted much attention for their ability to enhance the resistance ...

Cadmium toxicity is a significant environmental issue affecting crop growth and productivity globally. Maize, a rich source of nutrition, is an excellent model plant to study physiological chang...

With the implementation of China’s zero-growth policy for chemical fertilizer application, increasing attention has been directed toward exploring organic fertilizers as partial substitute...

Drought is a major abiotic factor limiting agricultural ecosystem productivity in arid and semi-arid areas. This study aims to evaluate the role of biostimulants in ...

Mango is Pakistan's second most important fruit crop, facing escalating health issues, mainly from unhealthy nursery plants. To address challenges like poor seedling growth and high mortalit...

Red sprangletop (Leptochloa chinensis L.) has become one of the most troublesome weeds for direct-seeded rice (DSR). The degree of cost-effectiveness of any...

This study was aimed to determine the proximate composition and antioxidant potentials of Quince genotypes. The proximate composition was estimated using the reported literature methods whereas ...

Wild Pomegranates Punica granatum L., is a medicinal plant, native to Northern Pakistan and is known for its richer phytochemicals profile and bioactive properties. In this study, we us...

Optimal nutrient balance is crucial for boosting crop yield and biomass. Unnecessary use of mineral nutrients can lead to soil mining, deteriorating productivity, and soil health. Replenishing i...

Modern agricultural strategies are evolving worldwide as sustainable, organic, and chemical-free practices. Modern agriculture aims to increase the yield with less chemical input and maintain so...

Soil fertility degradation is associated with continued cultivation of crop and without further addition of organic amendments. Improving the productivity of low fer...

The identification of bioactive metabolites in Tecoma stans reveals its biological benefits and traditional uses, particularly in the context of diabetes mellitus. To identify key compo...

Jatropha is an alternative source of fossil fuel grown in the tropics and subtropics. This research focuses on measuring of physical, chemical and (lubricating) characteristics of Jatropha seed ...

Poplars (Populus spp.) are one of the most widespread ligneous plants in the world, which have a variety of applications ranging from landscape, agriculture, and industry to research. Although ...

Germin-like proteins (GLPs) are members of the Cupin superfamily playing an important role in plant development and inducing stress resistance. Brachypodium ...

Biogeographical barriers to gene flow are central to plant phylogeography. Tulipa iliensis are mainly distributed in Xinjiang in China. Field survey found tha...

Sweet sorghum (Sorghum bicolor) is an emerging C4 crop species exploited for its grain, fodder and bio-ethanol purposes. It is recognized as an advanced biofuel feedstock, po...

Type 2C protein phosphatases (PP2Cs) are the most abundant members of the plant phosphatase family and perform vital functions in response to various environmental stressors. To explore the role...

This study was aimed at assessing a detailed genetic analysis of five parental populations of Brassica napus L. along with its F2 population using Hayman’s approach. A significant...

Basic helix-loop-helix (bHLH) transcription factors which constitute the second-largest transcription factor superfamily in plants, play an important complex regulatory role in the biosynthesis ...

Allelopathic chemicals are different in coniferous and broadleaved plants, so the impacts on other plants are also different. In this paper, the effect of aqueous leaf extracts from...