Aflatoxins are toxic, carcinogenic, mutagenic, teratogenic and immunosuppressive
byproducts of Aspergillus spp. that contaminate a wide range of crops such as maize …

Background: Environmental changes are predicted to threaten human health, agricultural
production and food security. Whilst their impact has been evaluated for major cereals …

Research often assumes that, in rural areas of developing countries, adverse climatic
conditions increase (climate driver mechanism) rather than reduce (climate inhibitor …

The greatest challenge to ensure global food security is sustained agriculture growth that not
only helps in increased crop productivity but also caters the food and nutritional demand of …

Naturally, under field conditions, plants are regularly experienced by a mixture of two or
more stress factors. Drought is a major abiotic stress, and fungal pathogens characterize a …

One of the major impacts of climate change in the agricultural sector relates to changes in
the suitability of areas that are used for planting crops. Since peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.) …

Climate change has threatened global food security. There is an unrelenting need to
understand various factors associated with abiotic stress and their response, adaptability …

Over two-third of global peanuts are grown mainly in seasonally rainfed regions across arid
and semi-arid zones where drought is a major yield limiting factor. Breeders are targeting …

Drought is one of the main constraints in peanut production in West Texas and eastern New
Mexico regions due to the depletion of groundwater. A multi-seasonal phenotypic analysis of …

Drought is one of the hostile environmental stresses that limit the yield production of crop
plants by modulating their growth and development. Peanut (Arachis hypogaea) has a wide …