Cross-tolerance and Stress Memory in Rice: Evaluating Drought-tolerant Genotypes for Salinity Tolerance and Priming Effects
Saumya Kumari & Veena S. Anil · Journal of Advances in Biology & Biotechnology · 2025
Rice, the staple food for over half the world’s population, is highly susceptible to salinity and drought stresses that often coincide and elicit overlapping physiological responses. This study explored stress memory and cross-tolerance mechanisms in four rice genotypes subjected...