Seed Priming: A Feasible Strategy to Enhance Drought Tolerance in Crop Plants
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Plant Responses to Drought Stress
2.1. Morphological Response
2.2. Physiological Response
2.3. Biochemical Changes
2.4. Molecular Changes
2.5. Metabolomic Changes
3. Seed Priming
3.1. Hydropriming
3.2. Osmopriming
3.3. Chemical Priming
3.4. Biological Priming
3.5. Hormonal Priming
3.6. Solid Matrix Priming
3.7. Nutripriming
4. Mechanisms of Seed-Priming-Induced Drought Tolerance in Crop Plants
5. Research Gap and Future Perspectives
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Marthandan, V.; Geetha, R.; Kumutha, K.; Renganathan, V.G.; Karthikeyan, A.; Ramalingam, J. Seed Priming: A Feasible Strategy to Enhance Drought Tolerance in Crop Plants. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2020, 21, 8258. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms21218258
Marthandan V, Geetha R, Kumutha K, Renganathan VG, Karthikeyan A, Ramalingam J. Seed Priming: A Feasible Strategy to Enhance Drought Tolerance in Crop Plants. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 2020; 21(21):8258. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms21218258
Chicago/Turabian StyleMarthandan, Vishvanathan, Rathnavel Geetha, Karunanandham Kumutha, Vellaichamy Gandhimeyyan Renganathan, Adhimoolam Karthikeyan, and Jegadeesan Ramalingam. 2020. "Seed Priming: A Feasible Strategy to Enhance Drought Tolerance in Crop Plants" International Journal of Molecular Sciences 21, no. 21: 8258. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms21218258