Rice Science ›› 2023, Vol. 30 ›› Issue (1): 15-35.DOI: 10.1016/j.rsci.2022.08.002

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Defensive Role of Plant Hormones in Advancing Abiotic Stress-Resistant Rice Plants

M. Iqbal R. Khan1(), Sarika Kumari1, Faroza Nazir1, Risheek Rahul Khanna1, Ravi Gupta2, Himanshu Chhillar1   

  1. 1Department of Botany, Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi 110062, India
    2College of General Education, Kookmin University, Seoul 136702, South Korea
  • Received:2022-05-04 Accepted:2022-08-04 Online:2023-01-28 Published:2022-11-11
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    This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/)

    Peer review under responsibility of China National Rice Research Institute

Abstract:

Consistent climatic perturbations have increased global environmental concerns, especially the impacts of abiotic stresses on crop productivity. Rice is a staple food crop for the majority of the world’s population. Abiotic stresses, including salt, drought, heat, cold and heavy metals, are potential inhibitors of rice growth and yield. Abiotic stresses elicit various acclimation responses that facilitate in stress mitigation. Plant hormones play an important role in mediating the growth and development of rice plants under optimal and stressful environments by activating a multitude of signalling cascades to elicit the rice plant’s adaptive responses. The current review describes the role of plant hormone-mediated abiotic stress tolerance in rice, potential crosstalk between plant hormones involved in rice abiotic stress tolerance and significant advancements in biotechnological initiatives including genetic engineering approach to provide a step forward in making rice resistance to abiotic stress.

Key words: abiotic stress, genetic engineering, plant hormone, rice, transcription factor, tolerance