Breeding crop plants with increased yield potential and improved tolerance to stressful
environments is critical for global food security. Drought stress (DS) adversely affects …

Root architecture can be targeted in breeding programs to develop crops with better capture
of water and nutrients. In rich nations, such crops would reduce production costs and …

Prolonged periods of drought triggered by climate change hamper plant growth and cause
substantial agricultural yield losses every year. In addition to drought, salinity is one of the …

Food safety has emerged as a high-urgency matter for sustainable agricultural production.
Toxic metal contamination of soil and water significantly affects agricultural productivity …

Climate change significantly impacts crop production by inducing several abiotic and biotic
stresses. The increasing world population, and their food and industrial demands require …

Abstract 'QTL-hotspot'is a genomic region on linkage group 04 (CaLG04) in chickpea (Cicer
arietinum) that harbours major-effect quantitative trait loci (QTLs) for multiple drought …

Breeding climate-resilient crops with improved levels of abiotic and biotic stress resistance
as a response to climate change presents both opportunities and challenges. Applying the …

Salinity and drought stress substantially decrease crop yield and superiority, directly
threatening the food supply needed to meet the rising food needs of the growing total …

Climate change threatens global food and nutritional security through negative effects on
crop growth and agricultural productivity. Many countries have adopted ambitious climate …

Crop domestication is a co-evolutionary process that has rendered plants and animals
significantly dependent on human interventions for survival and propagation. Grain legumes …