Longchang Wang

TL;DR: There is still a big room for improvement in combination of drought and chilling tolerance and future researches particularly using biotechnological and molecular approaches should be carried out to develop genetically engineered plants with enhanced tolerance against these stress factors.

TL;DR: Exogenous application of brassinolide remarkably improved the gas exchange attributes, plant height, leaf area, cobs per plant, seedling dry weight both under drought and well-watered conditions.

TL;DR: The greater tolerance of Xida 889 to heat and drought stresses was attributed to strong antioxidant defense system, higher osmolyte accumulation, and maintenance of photosynthetic pigments and nutrient balance compared with Xida 319.

TL;DR: The Wan Dan 13 was better able to alleviate Cd-induced oxidative damage which was attributed to more Cd accumulation in roots and higher antioxidant activities in this cultivar, suggesting that manipulation of these antioxidants and enhancing Cd collection in roots may lead to improvement in Cd stress tolerance.

TL;DR: In this article, the role of exogenous MeJA application in alleviating the adversities of drought stress in soybean (Glycine max L. Merrill) plants was explored, and substantial increase in activities of enzymatic antioxidants (superoxide dismutase (SOD), peroxidase (POD), and catalase (CAT)) with simultaneous decrease in membrane lipid peroxidation was observed in MeJA-treated plants under drought.