A key concern in agriculture is how to feed the expanding population and safeguard the
environment from the ill effects of climate change. To feed a growing global population, food …

Neonicotinoids are now the most widely used insecticides in the world. They act
systemically, travelling through plant tissues and protecting all parts of the crop, and are …

Simple Summary Due to the banning of many synthetic pesticides, current intensive farming
systems require us to develop new approaches to integrated pest management. Devastating …

Current wheat yield and consumption is considered in the context of the historical
development of wheat, from early domestication through to modern plant breeding, the …

All crops require nitrogen (N) for the production of a photosynthetically active canopy, whose
functionality will strongly influence yield. Cereal crops also require N for storage proteins in …

Sustainable supply of food and energy without posing any threat to environment is the
current demand of our society in view of continuous increase in global human population …

Abstract Rubisco (ribulose-1, 5-bisphosphate (RuBP) carboxylase/oxygenase) enables net
carbon fixation through the carboxylation of RuBP. However, some characteristics of …

While an adequate supply of food can be achieved at present for the current global
population, sustaining this into the future will be difficult in the face of a steadily increasing …

Assessments of climate change impacts on agricultural markets and land‐use patterns rely
on quantification of climate change impacts on the spatial patterns of land productivity. We …

Highlights•The current and potential future applications of nanotechnology.•Risks and
benefits of nanotechnology.•Regulatory aspects of nanotechnology.•The use of …