Plants encounter various abiotic stresses under field conditions. Among them, drought stress
adversely affects crop productivity and threatens global food security. Drought stress triggers …

Rice (Oryza sativa L.) is an important food crop and requires larger amount of water
throughout its life cycle as compared to other crops. Hence, water related stress cause …

Improving crops yield under water-limited conditions is the most daunting challenge faced
by breeders. To this end, accurate, relevant phenotyping plays an increasingly pivotal role …

Drought tolerance is an important quantitative trait with multipart phenotypes that are often
further complicated by plant phenology. Different types of environmental stresses, such as …

Rice root growth encompasses a remarkable genetic diversity in terms of growth patterns,
architecture, and environmental adaptations. In order to harness this valuable diversity for …

Background Drought is a major limiting factor seriously influencing worldwide soybean
production and its impact on yield, morphological and physiological traits depend on the …

Alternate wetting and drying (AWD) irrigation has been proven to be an effective water-
saving technology for irrigated rice system. There is limited information on the performance …

As pressure on water resources increases, alternative practices to conserve water in
paddies have been developed. Few studies have simultaneously examined the …

Drought and salinity are the major environmental factors that affect rice productivity.
Comparative transcriptome analysis between tolerant and sensitive rice cultivars can …

Lowland rice roots have a unique physiological response to drought because of their
adaptation to flooded soil. Rice root attributes that facilitate growth under flooded conditions …