Drought represents a major threat to food security. Mechanistic data describing plant
responses to drought have been studied extensively and genes conferring drought …

The current pace of crop improvement is inadequate to feed the burgeoning human
population by 2050. Higher, more stable, and sustainable crop production is required …

Summary Trehalose 6‐phosphate (Tre6P) is a sucrose signalling metabolite that has been
implicated in regulation of shoot branching, but its precise role is not understood. We …

Communication between source organs (exporters of photoassimilates) and sink organs
(importers of fixed carbon) has a pivotal role in carbohydrate assimilation and partitioning …

Highlights•Emerging sugar signals are discussed.•Direct sugar sensing and signaling is
triggered via sugar-binding sensors.•Sugar-derived metabolites modulate energy sensors …

Ambient temperatures are predicted to rise in the future owing to several reasons associated
with global climate changes. These temperature increases can result in heat stress-a severe …

Global climate change exacerbates the effects of environmental stressors, such as drought,
flooding, extreme temperatures, salinity and alkalinity, on crop growth and grain yield …

Background Drought is one of the major factors limiting global maize production. Exposure
to long-term drought conditions inhibits growth and leads to yield losses. Although several …

SUCROSE-NON-FERMENTING1-RELATED KINASE1 (SnRK1) belongs to a family of
protein kinases that originated in the earliest eukaryotes and plays a central role in energy …

The growing world population and global increases in the standard of living both result in an
increasing demand for food, feed and other plant‐derived products. In the coming years …