This study revealed important information for breeding crops for higher salinity tolerance. This information not only can increase grain output in salinized areas, but it can also expand the available area of planting crops in salinized areas. More saline-alkali land can be used to ultimately increase crop output. Yibo Cao et al. Natural variation ...
What is the #1 most harmful factor affecting crop growth worldwide? Insects nibbling on leaves may spring to mind, but the real problem is not bugs, but actually abiotic stressors. Rather than living threats, abiotic stressors encompass all non-living negative factors, such as salt, drought, and heavy metals. Abiotic stress research in plants also ...
