The following article will guide you about how plants cope with heavy-metal stress. Heavy-Metal Stress in Plants: A heavy-metal is any one of a number of high atomic weight elements which has the properties of a metallic substance at room temperature. There are several different definitions concerning as to which elements fall in this class designation. According to one definition, [...]
Cold Injury and Cold Resistance in Plants! Under natural and agricultural conditions, higher plants are also affected or stressed by cold or very low temperatures in certain parts of the year especially during autumn and winÂter. There are two types of cold injuries in plants: (i) Chilling injury and (ii) Freezing (frost) injury. Injuries to plants caused by low temperatures [...]
Let us make an in-depth study of salt stress and salt resistance in higher land plants. Salt Stress: Under natural conditions, higher land plants growing near the seashore and estuaries enÂcounter higher salt concentrations in the soil. Natural salt seepage from geological marine deposits makes adjoining inland areas unfit for agriculture. However, accumulation of salts in the soil from irrigation [...]