Responses of Plants to Biotic and Abiotic Stress: Water and Osmotic Stress, Salinity and Pollutant Stress

Any change in the surrounding environment that affects the functioning of plants and alters homeostasis is defined as biological stress. A sudden transition in the optimal environmental conditions which disturbs the homeostasis in plants and induces adverse effects on their physiology is referred to as plant stress. Plant species get exposed to fluctuations in temperature (chilling, freezing, and high temperatures), water availability, and changes in the soil conditions s…

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