Abiotic stresses strongly affect plant growth, development, and quality of production; final crop yield can be really compromised if stress occurs in plants’ most sensitive phenological phases. Additionally, the increase tolerance through genetic improvements requires long breeding programmes different cultivation environments for performance validation. Biostimulants have been proposed as agronomic tools to counteract abiotic stress. Indeed, these products containing bioactive molecules a...

Biostimulants are agronomic tools that have been gaining importance in the reduction of fertilizer applications. They can improve yield cropping systems or preventing crop losses under abiotic stresses. be composed organic and inorganic materials most components still unknown. The characterization molecular mechanism action biostimulants obtained using omics approach, which includes determination transcriptomic, proteomic, metabolomic changes treated plants. This review reports an overview...

Drought causes a decline of root hydraulic conductance, which aside from embolisms, is governed ultimately by aquaporins. Multiple factors probably regulate aquaporin expression, abundance and activity in leaf tissues during drought; among these are the transpiration rate, water status, abscisic acid (ABA) soil content. Here study made how could influence response to drought.Three plasma membrane intrinsic proteins (PIPs) or aquaporins were cloned Phaseolus vulgaris plants their expression...

Drought stress is one of the most important abiotic limiting plant survival and growth in Mediterranean environment. In this work, two species typically grown areas with different drought responses were used. Two shrubs, slow (Photinia × fraseri Dress 'Red Robin') or fast (Eugenia uniflora L. 'Etna Fire') adaptation ability to drought, subjected three water regimes: well-watered (WW), moderate (MD), severe (SD) conditions for 30 days. Net photosynthetic rate, stomatal conductance, maximum...

Abiotic stresses are currently responsible for significant losses in quantity and reduction quality of global crop productions. In consequence, resilience against such is one the key aims farmers attained by adopting both suitable genotypes management practices. This latter aspect was reviewed from an agronomic point view, taking into account due to drought, water excess, salinity, lodging. For example, drought tolerance may be enhanced using lower plant density, anticipating sowing or...

Ornamental plants use unique adaptive mechanisms to overcome the negative effects of drought stress. A large number species grown in Mediterranean area offer opportunity select some for ornamental purposes with ability adapt conditions. The tolerant stress show different adaptation stress, including morphological, physiological, and biochemical modifications. These responses include increasing root/shoot ratio, growth reduction, leaf anatomy change, reduction size total limit water loss...

Abiotic stresses have direct effects on plant growth and development. In agriculture, sub-optimal values of temperature, light intensity, relative humidity can limit crop yield reduce product quality. Temperature has a effect whole metabolism, low or high temperatures induce damage. Solar radiation is the primary driver production, but intensity also negative effects, especially if concurrent with water stress temperature. Relative plays an important role by regulating transpiration balance...

Microgreens are gaining interest for claimed high nutraceutical properties, but data on their chemical composition so far limited. Although often grown hydroponically, mineral requirements still unknown. This study aimed to provide an insight into yield, uptake, and quality of basil, Swiss chard, rocket microgreens in a hydroponic system. With reference reported literature the same species hydroponically harvested at adult stage, these yielded about half, with lower dry matter percentage,...

Wild plants may play an important role in human nutrition and health and, among them, many are the leafy species. We hypothesized that wild greens could be profitably grown as microgreens baby greens, specialty products whose market is increasing. compared three species (Sanguisorba minor Scop., Sinapis arvensis L., Taraxacum officinale Weber ex F. H. Wigg.) harvested at microgreen green stages. Seedlings were hydroponically a half-strength Hoagland nutrient solution under controlled...

The COVID-19 pandemic is causing many victims worldwide and has generated a serious economic crisis. Substantial changes have occurred in the food ornamental production chains. aim of present review been to summarize some main effects that having on horticulture new habits people. Infections quarantine measures prevented regular flow certain goods connected services. Cases shortages and/or surpluses, lack availability labor, reduction demand for products flowers occurred. New approaches...

Urban areas can be differently anthropized; often, high-density populations lead to higher amounts of pollution. Nowadays, ornamental plants represent important living components urban areas, and if appropriate species are used, they provide ecosystem services. The relationships between green infrastructures services have been recognized for a long time, but the role plant has not studied as much. In this frame, different plants, i.e., provisioning (e.g., food, air, water cleaning),...

The increasing population, its requirements for food, and the environmental impact of excessive use inputs make crop production a pressing challenge. Integrated nutrient management (INM) has emerged as critical solution by maximizing availability utilization crops vegetables. This review paper highlights potential benefits INM various vegetables field explores conceptual strategies, components, principles underlying this approach. Studies have shown that wide range benefit from INM, in terms...