A perspective study of Rice cell lines under abiotic stress

Rice is one of the most important food crops widely grown and accounts for providing food for half the world''s population. It is the vital staple food in Asia where major part of world’s rice is grown and consumed. Rice is particularly important food crop for Asia and accounts for 35-60% of daily caloric ingestion of three billion Asians. Due to non-optimal environmental conditions plants are constantly hindered from expressing their full genetic potential resulting in reduced growth. Plants have to develop tolerance/ resistance mechanisms against these stresses mainly by changing the physiology at the cellular level. Salinity and drought are the major environmental concerns among abiotic stresses affecting plants more than previously deliberated.