Key message Intensive public sector breeding efforts and public-private partnerships have
led to the increase in genetic gains, and deployment of elite climate-resilient maize cultivars …

Drought is one of the most serious production constraint for world agriculture and is
projected to worsen with anticipated climate change. Inter-disciplinary scientists have been …

Significantly improved crop varieties are urgently needed to feed the rapidly growing human
population under changing climates. While genome sequence information and excellent …

Genotype-by-environment interaction (GEI) is an important phenomenon in plant breeding.
This paper presents a series of models for describing, exploring, understanding, and …

Drought is the most important crop yield-limiting factor, and detailed knowledge of its impact
on plant growth regulation is crucial. The maize (Zea mays) leaf growth zone offers unique …

Introduction-why breed for drought and low N tolerance?; Conceptual framework-breeding;
Conventional approaches to improving the drought and low N tolerance of maize; …

Significant yield losses in maize (Zea mays L.) from drought are expected to increase with
global climate change as temperatures rise and rainfall distribution changes in key …

Past efforts to improve plant tolerance to drought, high salinity and low-temperature through
breeding and genetic engineering have had limited success owing to the genetic complexity …

Previous work with model transgenic plants has demonstrated that cellular accumulation of
mannitol can alleviate abiotic stress. Here, we show that ectopic expression of the mtlD gene …

In recent years, with climate change, drought stress has been witnessed in many parts of the
world. In many irrigated regions also, shortage of water supply allows only limited irrigation …