A comprehensive overview of miRNA targeting drought stress resistance in plants

Abstract MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are essential nonprotein-coding genes. In a range of organisms, miRNAs has been reported to play an role in regulating gene expressions at post-transcriptional level. They participate most the stress responsive processes plants. Drought is ultimate abiotic that affects crop production. Therefore understanding drought responses improve production agricultural crops. Throughout evolution, plants have developed their own defense systems cope with adversities environmental stresses. Among defensive mechanisms include regulations expression by miRNAs. regulates some functionally conserved different The given properties provide insight genetic alterations and enhancing resistance cereal current review gives summary regulatory as well response stresses Some possible approaches guidelines for exploitation miRNA crops also described.