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Crop Adaptation to Combined Abiotic Stresses: Mechanisms and Microbial Partners (Review)

Jul 2026 · Applied Biochemistry and Microbiology · Vol 62, pp. 743 - 767 · 0 citations · 181 references

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This review systematizes current knowledge on the types of CAS, their interactions, and their impacts on plant physiological, molecular, and microbiological processes, and extrapolates from established mechanisms to propose how microbes may mitigate combined stresses.

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