Heat and drought stresses in crops and approaches for their mitigation

M Lamaoui, M Jemo, R Datla, F Bekkaoui - Frontiers in chemistry, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Drought and heat are major abiotic stresses that reduce crop productivity and weaken global
food security, especially given the current and growing impacts of climate change and …

Climate change‐mediated temperature extremes and insects: From outbreaks to breakdowns

JA Harvey, R Heinen, R Gols… - Global change …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Insects are among the most diverse and widespread animals across the biosphere and are
well‐known for their contributions to ecosystem functioning and services. Recent increases …

Interactive effects of drought and heat stresses on morpho-physiological attributes, yield, nutrient uptake and oxidative status in maize hybrids

HA Hussain, S Men, S Hussain, Y Chen, S Ali… - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
Maize is a sensitive crop to drought and heat stresses, particularly at the reproductive stages
of development. The present study investigated the individual and interactive effects of …

Plant adaptations to the combination of drought and high temperatures

SI Zandalinas, R Mittler, D Balfagón… - Physiologia …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Under field conditions crops are routinely subjected to a number of different abiotic stress
factors simultaneously. Recent studies revealed that the response of plants to a combination …

Climate warming reduces the temporal stability of plant community biomass production

Z Ma, H Liu, Z Mi, Z Zhang, Y Wang, W Xu… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Anthropogenic climate change has emerged as a critical environmental problem, prompting
frequent investigations into its consequences for various ecological systems. Few studies …

A review of recent advances in research on extreme heat events

RM Horton, JS Mankin, C Lesk, E Coffel… - Current Climate Change …, 2016 - Springer
Reviewing recent literature, we report that changes in extreme heat event characteristics
such as magnitude, frequency, and duration are highly sensitive to changes in mean global …

Alpine vegetation in the context of climate change: A global review of past research and future directions

B Verrall, CM Pickering - Science of the Total Environment, 2020 - Elsevier
Climate change is causing extensive alterations to ecosystems globally, with some more
vulnerable than others. Alpine ecosystems, characterised by low-temperatures and …

An overview on biochar production, its implications, and mechanisms of biochar-induced amelioration of soil and plant characteristics

FU Haider, JA Coulter, CAI Liqun, S Hussain… - Pedosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
The degradation of soil fertility and quality due to rapid industrialization and human activities
has stimulated interest in the rehabilitation of low-fertility soils to sustainably improve crop …

Effects of Drought, Heat and Their Interaction on the Growth, Yield and Photosynthetic Function of Lentil (Lens culinaris Medikus) Genotypes Varying in Heat and …

A Sehgal, K Sita, J Kumar, S Kumar, S Singh… - Frontiers in plant …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Rising temperatures and drought stress limit the growth and production potential of lentil
(Lens culinaris Medikus), particularly during reproductive growth and seed filling. The …

Denitrifying pathways dominate nitrous oxide emissions from managed grassland during drought and rewetting

E Harris, E Diaz-Pines, E Stoll, M Schloter, S Schulz… - Science …, 2021 - science.org
Nitrous oxide is a powerful greenhouse gas whose atmospheric growth rate has accelerated
over the past decade. Most anthropogenic N2O emissions result from soil N fertilization …