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Drought Stress
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Drought stress occurs when plants face inadequate water availability due to factors like reduced rainfall, soil water depletion, or high evaporation rates.
Plant Responses: Plants employ various strategies to adapt to drought stress, including closing stomata to reduce water loss, developing deeper root systems to access water, and altering metabolic processes to conserve water.
Drought-Tolerant Cultivars: Breeding programs aim to develop drought-tolerant crop varieties with improved water-use efficiency and stress resilience.
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