Drought poses serious threats to global crop production and its intensity is continuously
soaring due to global warming. Brassica napus L. is an essential oilseed crop with an …

To feed the several billion people living on this planet, the production of high-quality food
must increase with reduced inputs, but this accomplishment will be particularly challenging …

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 …

Soil and water salinity substantially constrain crop and biomass production. Research over
the last two plus decades, facilitated by advances in molecular genetics and biotechnology …

Due to an increase in the consumption of food, feed, fuel and to meet global food security
needs for the rapidly growing human population, there is a necessity to breed high yielding …

The natural environment for plants is composed of a complex set of abiotic stresses and
biotic stresses. Plant responses to these stresses are equally complex. Systems biology …

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 …

Main conclusion Bambara groundnut has the potential to be used to contribute more the
climate change ready agriculture. The requirement for nitrogen fixing, stress tolerant …

Tolerance to drought is a quantitative trait, with a complex phenotype, often confounded by
plant phenology. Breeding for drought tolerance is further complicated since several types of …

When subjected to abiotic stresses, plants actively re-program their growth by modulating
both cell division and cell expansion. Growth decreases rapidly upon stress onset but it …