Main conclusion Droughts negatively affect sorghum's productivity and nutritional quality.
Across its diversity centers, however, there exist resilient genotypes that function differently …

The ratio of plant carbon gain to water use, known as water use efficiency (WUE), has long
been recognized as a key constraint on crop production and an important target for crop …

Abstract Sub‐Saharan Africa (SSA) faces twin challenges of water stress and food insecurity–
challenges that are already pressing and are projected to grow. Sub‐Saharan Africa …

Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor) is a model C4 crop made experimentally tractable by extensive
genomic and genetic resources. Biomass sorghum is studied as a feedstock for biofuel and …

Previous experiments have demonstrated positive effect of Acadian® extract of Ascophyllum
nodosum on plant stress-resistance, however the mode of action is not fully understood. The …

Sorghum is the fifth most important cereal crop world-wide and feeds millions of people in
the Sahel. However, it often faces early-stage water deficit due to false onsets of rainy …

Stomata are adjustable pores on leaf surfaces that regulate the tradeoff of CO2 uptake with
water vapor loss, thus having critical roles in controlling photosynthetic carbon gain and …

Globally, abiotic stresses can reduce the grain yield by more than 50% of the crop's potential
yield. In the current and future climates, combined drought and high-temperature stress will …

Culture-independent studies rely on the quantity and quality of the extracted environmental
metagenomic DNA (mDNA). To fully access the plant tissue microbiome, the extracted plant …

Heat stress reduces grain yield and quality worldwide. Enhancing heat tolerance of crops at
all developmental stages is one of the essential strategies required for sustaining …