Drought is the most significant environmental stress in agriculture worldwide and improving
yield under drought is a major goal of plant breeding. A review of breeding progress pointed …

Undoubtedly, drought is one of the prime abiotic stresses in the world. Crop yield losses due
to drought stress are considerable. Although a variety of approaches have been used to …

Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) is often considered as a drought sensitive crop and its
sustainable production is threatened due to frequent drought episodes. There has been …

Drought is one of the most important phenomena which limit crops' production and yield.
Crops demonstrate various morphological, physiological, biochemical, and molecular …

Drought stress has severely hampered maize production, affecting the livelihood and
economics of millions of people worldwide. In the future, as a result of climate change …

The world's five Mediterranean-climate regions (MCRs) share unique climatic regimes of
mild, wet winters and warm and dry summers. Agriculture in these regions is threatened by …

Despite the intensive management practices available to modern agriculture, drought and
salinity are still major constraints on crop production and food security. Yield losses to …

There is a pressing need to improve climate-resilient crops as a consequence of
increasingly erratic climatic behavior that threatens global food security. Current scientific …

Low-temperatures pose extreme challenges to crops causing significant economical
impacts. Frosts are responsible for more than 30% of weather-related insured crop losses in …

Abiotic stresses such as salinity, drought, nutrient defi ciency or toxicity, and fl ooding limit
crop productivity world-wide. However, this situation becomes more problematic in …