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- Title
The Critical Role of Zinc in Plants Facing the Drought Stress.
- Authors
Umair Hassan, Muhammad; Aamer, Muhammad; Umer Chattha, Muhammad; Haiying, Tang; Shahzad, Babar; Barbanti, Lorenzo; Nawaz, Muhammad; Rasheed, Adnan; Afzal, Aniqa; Liu, Ying; Guoqin, Huang
- Abstract
Drought stress affects plant growth and development by altering physiological and biochemical processes resulting in reduced crop productivity. Zinc (Zn) is an essential micronutrient that plays fundamental roles in crop resistance against the drought stress by regulating various physiological and molecular mechanisms. Under drought stress, Zn application improves seed germination, plant water relations, cell membrane stability, osmolyte accumulation, stomatal regulation, water use efficiency and photosynthesis, thus resulting in significantly better plant performance. Moreover, Zn interacts with plant hormones, increases the expression of stress proteins and stimulates the antioxidant enzymes for counteracting drought effects. To better appraise the potential benefits arising from optimum Zn nutrition, in the present review we discuss the role of Zn in plants under drought stress. Our aim is to provide a complete, updated picture in order to orientate future research directions on this topic.
- Subjects
WATER efficiency; DROUGHTS; DROUGHT tolerance; HEAT shock proteins; ZINC; PLANT hormones; MICRONUTRIENTS; DROUGHT management
- Publication
Agriculture; Basel, 2020, Vol 10, Issue 9, p396
- ISSN
2077-0472
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/agriculture10090396