Cereal flag leaf adaptations for grain yield under drought: knowledge status and gaps

AK Biswal, A Kohli - Molecular Breeding, 2013 - Springer
Selection for drought-tolerant cereal varieties has successfully moved to screening for grain
yield under stress. Grain yield is the culmination of the process of grain filling, which in turn …

Terminal drought and heat stress alter physiological and biochemical attributes in flag leaf of bread wheat

A Sattar, A Sher, M Ijaz, S Ul-Allah, MS Rizwan… - Plos one, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Heat stress along with low water availability at reproductive stage (terminal growth phase of
wheat crop) is major contributing factor towards less wheat production in tropics and sub …

Rice breeding for yield under drought has selected for longer flag leaves and lower stomatal density

S Kumar, S Tripathi, SP Singh, A Prasad… - Journal of …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Direct selection for yield under drought has resulted in the release of a number of drought-
tolerant rice varieties across Asia. In this study, we characterized the physiological traits that …

New drought‐adaptive loci underlying candidate genes on wheat chromosome 4B with improved photosynthesis and yield responses

MN Siddiqui, TJ Teferi, AM Ambaw… - Physiologia …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Flag leaf serves as an essential source of assimilates during grain filling, thereby
contributing to grain yield up to 48%. Thus, high‐throughput phenotyping of flag leaves is …

Wheat flag leaf epicuticular wax morphology and composition in response to moderate drought stress are revealed by SEM, FTIR‐ATR and synchrotron X‐ray …

IR Willick, R Lahlali, P Vijayan, D Muir… - Physiologia …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) is the largest cereal crop grown in Western Canada where
drought during late vegetative and seed filling stages affects plant development and yield …

Improving drought tolerance in rice: Ensuring food security through multi‐dimensional approaches

MIR Khan, SR Palakolanu, P Chopra… - Physiologia …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Drought has been highly prevalent around the world especially in Sub‐Saharan Africa and
South‐East Asian countries. Consistent climatic instabilities and unpredictable rainfall …

Whole plant responses, key processes, and adaptation to drought stress: the case of rice

HR Lafitte, G Yongsheng, S Yan… - Journal of experimental …, 2007 - academic.oup.com
Most high-yielding rice cultivars developed for irrigated conditions, including the widely
grown lowland variety IR64, are highly susceptible to drought stress. This limits their …

Drought resistance improvement in rice: an integrated genetic and resource management strategy

R Serraj, KL McNally, I Slamet-Loedin… - Plant Production …, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
Drought is the major constraint to rice production in rainfed areas across Asia and sub-
Saharan Africa. In the context of current and predicted water scarcity, increasing irrigation is …

Improvement of drought resistance in rice

R Serraj, A Kumar, KL McNally, I Slamet-Loedin… - Advances in …, 2009 - Elsevier
The unpredictability of drought patterns and the inherent complexity of the physiological
responses involved have made it difficult to characterize component traits required for …

[HTML][HTML] Drought tolerance in rice: focus on recent mechanisms and approaches

D Panda, SS Mishra, PK Behera - Rice science, 2021 - Elsevier
Drought stress is a serious limiting factor to rice production, which results in huge economic
losses. It is becoming a more serious issue with respect to the global climate change …