Episodes of prolonged drought coupled with heat waves (ie drought and heat combination)
can have a devastating impact on agricultural production and crop yield. It is therefore not …

We review the evidence of how organisms and populations are currently responding to
climate change through phenotypic plasticity, genotypic evolution, changes in distribution …

Drought has been a major cause of agricultural disaster, yet how it affects the vulnerability of
maize and wheat production in combination with several co-varying factors (ie, phenological …

Water and salt stress often occur simultaneously in heavily irrigated arid agricultural areas,
yet they are usually studied in isolation. To understand the physiological bases of water use …

Adaptation to abiotic stresses is a quantitative trait controlled by many different genes.
Enhancing the tolerance of crop plants to abiotic stresses such as drought has therefore …

Plant cell and water relationship regulates morphological, physiological and biochemical
characteristics to optimize carboxylation for enhanced biomass yield in sugarcane …

C4 photosynthesis has evolved more than 60 times as a carbon-concentrating mechanism
to augment the ancestral C3 photosynthetic pathway. The rate and the efficiency of …

Climate change is expected to lead to more frequent, intense and longer droughts in the
future, with major implications for ecosystem processes and human livelihoods. The impacts …

Intrinsic water use efficiency (WUEintr), the ratio of photosynthesis to stomatal conductance
to water, is often used as an index for crop water use in breeding projects. However …

Global warming is predicted to cause more intense extreme events such as heat waves,
flooding and severe droughts, producing significant effects on agriculture. In tropics, climate …