Global climate change in the form of extreme heat and drought poses a major challenge to
sustainable crop production by negatively affecting plant performance and crop yield. Such …

Drought tolerance is a complex trait of increasing importance in potato. Our knowledge is
summarized concerning drought tolerance and water use efficiency in this crop. We describe …

The alarming and unprecedented rise in the atmospheric concentration of greenhouse
gases under global climate change warrants an urgent need to understand the synergistic …

Limited water resources coupled with the increase of the human population calls for more
efficient use of water in irrigated agriculture. Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) is one of the …

A potato crop multimodel assessment was conducted to quantify variation among models
and evaluate responses to climate change. Nine modeling groups simulated agronomic and …

Global climate change accompanied by continuous increases in atmospheric carbon
dioxide (CO2) concentration and temperature affects the growth and yield of important crops …

The contribution of potatoes to the global food supply is increasing—consumption more than
doubled in developing countries between 1960 and 2005. Understanding climate change …

Agriculture that depends upon irrigation is challenged by the increasing scarcity of fresh
water and global climate change, and increasing human populations aggravate this …

Potato is a major global crop that has an important role to play in food security, reducing
poverty and improving human nutrition. Enhanced atmospheric CO 2 concentrations provide …

This study was aimed at obtaining detailed information about the interaction of NaCl-salinity
and elevated atmospheric CO2 concentration in the potential cash crop halophyte Aster …