Global food security depends on three main cereal crops (wheat, rice and maize) achieving
and maintaining high yields, as well as increasing their future yields. Fundamental to the …

Photosynthesis is currently a focus for crop improvement. The majority of this work has taken
place and been assessed in leaves, and limited consideration has been given to the …

Identifying traits for improving sink strength is a bottleneck to increasing wheat yield. The
interacting processes determining sink strength and yield potential are reviewed and …

Increasing the speed of breeding to enhance crop productivity and adaptation to abiotic
stresses is urgently needed. The perception that a second Green Revolution should be …

Source traits are currently of great interest for the enhancement of yield potential; for
example, much effort is being expended to find ways of modifying photosynthesis. However …

Raising crop yield potential is a major goal to ensure food security for the growing global
population. Photosynthesis is the primary determinant of crop productivity and any gain in …

Small grain cereals such as wheat, rice and barley are among the most important crops
worldwide. Any attempt to increase crop productivity and stability through breeding implies …

Microplastic pollution and heat waves, as damaging aspects of human activities, have been
found to affect crop production and nitrogen (N) cycling in agroecosystems. However, the …

Atmospheric deposition is the primary source of external environmental media for lead (Pb)
influx in wheat grains. However, the mechanisms of Pb grain absorption remains unclear …

Drought is the main abiotic stress threatening wheat production in the Mediterranean region.
While the negative effect of drought on the photosynthetic carbon and nitrogen metabolism …