Drought Stress Response in Guar (Cyamopsis tetragonoloba (L.) Taub): Physiological and Molecular Genetic Aspects
Journal: Plants
Year: 2023

Drought has become one of the main factors of crop yield losses worldwide. This negatively affects the plant industry, decreasing crop yields, and it may result in resource deficits in different sectors of the world economy and its national branches. Guar (<i>Cyamopsis tetragonoloba</i> (L.) Taub) represents one of the strategic crops, as its seeds are the source of guar gum, which is critically important in the modern oil industry. Although guar is generally known to be a drought-tolerant plant