Alleviation of temperature stress by nutrient management in crop plants: a review

By E. Waraich, R. Ahmad, A. Halim, T. Aziz. 2012

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Abstract The burgeoning population of world is expected to reach about 9-10 billion by the end of year 2050. Due to this rapidly increasing population, food productivity is de-creasing. Temperature induced stress is an important environmental factor that influ-ences the growth and development of plants. Both low and high temperatures affect plant growth and development at whole plant level, tissue and cell level and even at sub-cellular level. Temperature variation may affect morphology, anatomy, phenol-ogy and plant biochemistry at all levels of organization. Direct injuries due to high temperatures in plants include protein denaturation and aggregation, and increased fluidity of membrane lipids. Indirect or slower high temperature injuries include inactivation of enzymes in chloroplast and mitochondria, inhibition of protein syn-thesis, protein degradation and loss of membrane integrity. Low temperature stress during reproductive development induces flower abscission, pollen sterility, pollen tube distortion, ovule abortion and reduced fruit set, which ultimately lowers yield. A number of approaches are being used to alleviate the effect of temperature stress in crop plants. Proper plant nutrition is one of the good strategies to alleviate the temperature stress and in crop plants. Plant nutrients play a greater role in improv-ing the temperature stress tolerance. In this paper we discuss the possible effective techniques to alleviate the temperature stress and the role of some macronutrients (nitrogen, potassium, calcium and magnesium) micronutrients (boron, manganese, and selenium) and salicylic acid in detail as how these nutrients play their role in alleviation of temperature stress in crop plant.

Subfields: Plant Science

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Heat and Drought Stresses in Crops and Approaches for Their Mitigation (2018, background): “The application of nutrients such as N, K, Ca, and Mg was also reported to reduce toxicity to ROS by increasing the concentration of antioxidant enzymes in plant cells (Waraich et al., 2012).”
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Chilling and Drought Stresses in Crop Plants: Implications, Cross Talk, and Potential Management Opportunities (2018, background): “Magnesium (Mg) also improve root morphological charcaters which helps to increase uptake of water and nutrients via roots, whlist boron nutrition enhances sugar transport in the plant body and improves seed germination and grain formation process (Waraich et al., 2012).”
Acquisition and Homeostasis of Iron in Higher Plants and Their Probable Role in Abiotic Stress Tolerance (2018, background): “Therefore, an adequate and balanced supply of nutrients at the correct time is required for the proper growth and development of plants, maintenance of better soil fertility, and preservation of an intensive cropping system to maintain the global food production, particularly in developing countries”
Heat stress effects and management in wheat. A review (2017, background): “Adequate and balanced supply of mineral nutrients is essential in plants exposed to temperature stress (Waraich et al. 2012).”
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