K. Anitha

Role of Microbial Endophytes in Enhancing Salinity Tolerance in Plants: Understanding the Molecular Mechanisms and Their Applications

Salinity is a major abiotic constraint that significantly limits crop productivity by inducing osmotic stress, ion toxicity, and nutrient imbalance. Conventional strategies such as breeding, chemical amendments, and transgenic approaches are often limited by high cost, long development time, and inconsistent field perf...