Rice–wheat cropping system, intensively followed in Indo-Gangetic plains (IGP), played a
prominent role in fulfilling the food grains demand of the increasing population of South …

DNA markers have enormous potential to improve the efficiency and precision of
conventional plant breeding via marker-assisted selection (MAS). The large number of …

Growing global population figures and per-capita incomes imply an increase in food
demand and pressure to expand agricultural land. Agricultural expansion into natural …

In the last two centuries, agriculture has been an outstanding, if somewhat neglected,
success story. Agriculture has fed an ever-growing population with an increasing variety of …

Heat stress is common in most cereal-growing areas of the world. In this paper, we
summarize the current knowledge on the molecular and genetic basis of thermotolerance in …

During the last half-century, advances in crop production came from expansion in areas
irrigated from more intensive application of fertilizers and crop protection chemicals, and …

Rice and wheat are the staple food crops occupying nearly 13.5 million hectares of the Indo-
Gangetic plains (IGP) of South Asia covering Pakistan, India, Bangladesh and Nepal. These …

The need of a better adaptation of crops to drought is an issue of increasing urgency.
However, enhancing the tolerance of maize has, therefore, proved to be somewhat elusive …

This paper focuses on the yield prospects of wheat, rice and maize since these cereals
dominate human diet, and since continued yield growth is considered the major route to …

This paper provides an overview of what the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MA) calls
“indirect and direct drivers” of change in ecosystem services at a global level. The MA …