Root growth adaptation to climate change in crops

J Calleja-Cabrera, M Boter, L Oñate-Sánchez… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Climate change is threatening crop productivity worldwide and new solutions to adapt crops
to these environmental changes are urgently needed. Elevated temperatures driven by …

Cold stress effects on reproductive development in grain crops: an overview

P Thakur, S Kumar, JA Malik, JD Berger… - … and Experimental Botany, 2010 - Elsevier
Cold temperatures are the cause of enormous agricultural losses, especially in sub-tropical
and temperate grain crops. The reproductive period is a vital phase in the life cycle of all …

Canola responses to drought, heat, and combined stress: shared and specific effects on carbon assimilation, seed yield, and oil composition

R Elferjani, R Soolanayakanahally - Frontiers in plant science, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Photosynthetic assimilation is remarkably altered by heat and drought, and this depends on
the individual or combined occurrence of stressors and their respective intensities and …

Eco-physiological and Biochemical Responses of Rapeseed (Brassica napus L.) to Abiotic Stresses: Consequences and Mitigation Strategies

A Raza - Journal of Plant Growth Regulation, 2021 - Springer
Rapeseed yield parameters have been altered due to the increased exposure to abiotic
stresses. The changing climatic conditions have reduced biomass production and seed …

Field crops and the fear of heat stress—opportunities, challenges and future directions

PVV Prasad, R Bheemanahalli, SVK Jagadish - Field Crops Research, 2017 - Elsevier
Predicted increase in temperature variability can result in short duration of heat stress
episodes coinciding with vulnerable reproductive processes leading to significant reduction …

Adaptation strategies to improve the resistance of oilseed crops to heat stress under a changing climate: An overview

M Ahmad, EA Waraich, M Skalicky, S Hussain… - Frontiers in plant …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Temperature is one of the decisive environmental factors that is projected to increase by 1.
5° C over the next two decades due to climate change that may affect various agronomic …

Effects of heat and drought on canola (Brassica napus L.) yield, oil, and protein: A meta-analysis

MA Secchi, JA Fernandez, MJ Stamm, T Durrett… - Field Crops …, 2023 - Elsevier
Canola (Brassica napus L.) is a major oilseed crop for edible and industrial uses. Climate
change, characterized by extreme heat and drought conditions, can affect canola seed yield …

Food crops face rising temperatures: an overview of responses, adaptive mechanisms, and approaches to improve heat tolerance

N Kaushal, K Bhandari, KHM Siddique… - Cogent food & …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
The rising temperatures are resulting in heat stress for various agricultural crops to limit their
growth, metabolism, and leading to significant loss of yield potential worldwide. Heat stress …

Overexpression of the brassinosteroid biosynthetic gene DWF4 in Brassica napus simultaneously increases seed yield and stress tolerance

S Sahni, BD Prasad, Q Liu, V Grbic, A Sharpe… - Scientific Reports, 2016 - nature.com
As a resource allocation strategy, plant growth and defense responses are generally
mutually antagonistic. Brassinosteroid (BR) regulates many aspects of plant development …

High temperature stress of Brassica napus during flowering reduces micro‐ and megagametophyte fertility, induces fruit abortion, and disrupts seed production

LW Young, RW Wilen… - Journal of experimental …, 2004 - academic.oup.com
High temperature stress (HTS), during flowering, decreases seed production in many plants.
To determine the effect of a moderate HTS on flowering, fruit and seed set in Brassica …