Water, a necessary component of cell protoplasm, plays an essential role in supporting life
on Earth; nevertheless, extreme changes in climatic conditions limit water availability …

Rapid global warming directly impacts agricultural productivity and poses a major challenge
to the present-day agriculture. Recent climate change models predict severe losses in crop …

Abiotic stresses such as, drought, heat, salinity, and flooding threaten global food security.
Crop genetic improvement with increased resilience to abiotic stresses is a critical …

Application of physiological and biochemical indices as a screening technique for drought
tolerance in wheat genotypes Page 1 African Journal of Biotechnology Vol. 7 (14), pp. 2341-2352 …

Wheat is an important crop, used as staple food in numerous countries around the world.
However, wheat productivity is low in the develo** world due to several biotic and abiotic …

Drought is a polygenically controlled stress and a major agricultural risk that reduces crop
productivity and limits the successful insight of land potential throughout the world. This …

Water deficit is one of the main limiting factors in apple (Malus× domestica Borkh.)
cultivation. Root architecture plays an important role in the drought tolerance of plants; …

In arid and semi-arid regions, planting drought-tolerant species is the most useful strategy in
the reclamation of degraded soils. In the present study, we evaluated the effect of simulated …

In this study, the seedlings of two wheat cultivars were used: drought-resistant Chinese
Spring (CS) and drought-susceptible (SQ1). Seedlings were subjected to osmotic stress in …

The population acceleration and better lifestyle submit new challenges for wheat
researchers to breed wheat (Triticum sativum) cultivars with upgraded yield, quality, and …