Climate change, food shortage, water scarcity, and population growth are some of the
threatening challenges being faced in today's world. Drought stress (DS) poses a constant …

As a result of climate change, drought is predicted to pose greater pressure on food
production system than in the past. At the same time, crop yield co-varies with both …

Drought has been a major cause of agricultural disaster, yet how it affects the vulnerability of
maize and wheat production in combination with several co-varying factors (ie, phenological …

Food legume crops play important roles in conservation farming systems and contribute to
food security in the developing world. However, in many regions of the world, their …

Producing more food per unit of water has never been as important as it is at present, and
the demand for water by economic sectors other than agriculture will necessarily put a great …

Roots have long been proposed as a major avenue of research to improve crop adaptation
to water limitations. The simple assumption is that deeper and more profuse root systems …

Chickpea is mostly grown on stored soil moisture, and deep/profuse rooting has been
hypothesized for almost three decades to be critical for improving chickpea tolerance to …

AP2/ERF–type transcription factors regulate important functions of plant growth and
development as well as responses to environmental stimuli. A rice AP2/ERF transcription …

Humanity is heading toward the major challenge of having to increase food production by
about 50% by 2050 to cater for an additional three billion inhabitants, in a context of arable …

We evaluated the importance of conserved water use in drought adaptation in soybean
[Glycine max (L.) Merr.], and identified the traits involved in this mechanism. Eight soybean …