Osmoregulation and its actions during the drought stress in plants

• Published in: Physiologia plantarum Vol. 172; no. 2; pp. 1321 - 1335
• Main Authors: Ozturk, Munir, Turkyilmaz Unal, Bengu, García‐Caparrós, Pedro, Khursheed, Anum, Gul, Alvina, Hasanuzzaman, Mirza
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.06.2021; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: Alcohols; Amino acids; Ammonium; Ammonium compounds; Climate change; Crop yield; Cultivars; Drought; drought tolerance; Global warming; Metabolic engineering; metabolism; Osmoprotectants; Osmoregulation; osmotolerance; phenology; Plant resistance; Plant species; Polyols; Proline; Quaternary ammonium compounds; Quaternary ammonium salts; Sugar; Water potential; water stress

Drought stress, which causes a decline in quality and quantity of crop yields, has become more accentuated these days due to climatic change. Serious measures need to be taken to increase the tolerance of crop plants to acute drought conditions likely to occur due to global warming. Drought stress c...