Over the past 3 decades, the study of various mechanisms involved in maize grain yield
(GY) formation and its relationship with nitrogen (N) uptake dynamics has been increasingly …

The need to accelerate breeding for increased yield potential and better adaptation to
drought and other abiotic stresses is an issue of increasing urgency. As the population …

Dense plant cultivation is an efficient approach to utilize the maximum inputs for increasing
maize production. However, dense plant populations may prone to lodging as it results in …

Continuous increase in the yield of maize (Zea mays L.) in the US Corn Belt has involved an
interaction with plant density. A number of contributing traits and mechanisms have been …

For the foreseeable future, plant breeding methodology will continue to unfold as a practical
application of the scaling of quantitative biology. These efforts to increase the effective scale …

Progress in molecular plant breeding is limited by the ability to predict plant phenotype
based on its genotype, especially for complex adaptive traits. Suitably constructed crop …

The need of a better adaptation of crops to drought is an issue of increasing urgency.
However, enhancing the tolerance of maize has, therefore, proved to be somewhat elusive …

Increasing the maize plant population has undergone a constant evolution over the years,
with the purpose of enhancing the crop yield. Field trials, in which 2 different experiments …

Stay‐green is an integrated drought adaptation trait characterized by a distinct green leaf
phenotype during grain filling under terminal drought. We used sorghum (Sorghum bicolor) …

Maize (Zea mays L.) hybrids differ in their response to plant population density.
Enhancements in tolerance to crowding have been obtained around the world as the result …