Plants often encounter unfavorable environmental conditions because of their sessile
lifestyle. These adverse factors greatly affect the geographic distribution of plants, as well as …

In this review, we address the relationship between stomatal behaviour, water potential
regulation and hydraulic transport in plants, focusing on the implications for the …

Drought is a major environmental stress threatening wheat productivity worldwide. Global
climate models predict changed precipitation patterns with frequent episodes of drought …

Abstract This Manual of Practice (MOP) is a comprehensive reference to estimating the
water quantities needed for irrigation of crops based upon the physics of evaporation and …

Sorghum is one of the staple crops for millions of people in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and
South Asia (SA). The future climate in these sorghum production regions is likely to have …

Detection of plant water stress by remote sensing has been proposed using indices of Near-
Infrared (NIR, 0.7–1.3 μm) and Middle-Infrared (MIR, 1.3–2.5 μm) wavelengths. The first …

In this major 1993 work, Lloyd Evans provides an integrated view of the domestication,
adaptation and improvement of crop plants, bringing together genetic diversity, plant …

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 …

Since the publication of the third edition of the Handbook of Plant and Crop Stress,
continuous discoveries in the fields of plant and crop environmental stresses and their …

Cereals are important crops worldwide that help meet food demands and nutritional needs.
In recent years, cereal production has been challenged globally by frequent droughts and …