Predicted increases in future global temperatures require us to better understand the
dimensions of heat stress experienced by plants. Here we highlight four key areas for …

Drought is an important abiotic stress factor limiting crop productivity worldwide and its
impact is increasing with climate change. Regardless of the plant growth period, drought has …

Climate change exerts adverse effects on crop production. Plant researchers have therefore
focused on the identification of solutions that minimize the negative impacts of climate …

The frequency and intensity of high‐temperature stress events are expected to increase as
climate change intensifies. Concomitantly, an increase in evaporative demand, driven in part …

Photosynthetic carbon converted to sucrose is vital for plant growth. Sucrose acts as a
signaling molecule and a primary energy source that coordinates the source and sink …

Rapid increases in minimum night temperature than in maximum day temperature is
predicted to continue, posing significant challenges to crop productivity. Rice and wheat are …

Proline is a proteinogenic amino acid synthesized from glutamate and ornithine. Pyrroline-5-
carboxylate synthetase and pyrroline-5-carboxylate reductase are the two key enzymes …

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 …

Using existing protocols, RNA extracted from seeds rich in starch often results in poor quality
RNA, making it inappropriate for downstream applications. Though some methods are …

Nighttime warming poses a threat to global food security as it is driving yield declines
worldwide, but our understanding of the physiological basis of this phenomenon remains …