Methane is one of the critical greenhouse gases, which absorb long wavelength radiation,
affects the chemistry of atmosphere and contributes to global climate change. Rice …

Rice (Oryza sativa L.) is a globally important cereal plant, and as a primary source of food it
accounts for 35–75% of the calorie intake of more than 3 billion humans. With the likely …

Predicting rice (Oryza sativa) productivity under future climates is important for global food
security. Ecophysiological crop models in combination with climate model outputs are …

Elevated CO2 and temperature strongly affect crop production, but understanding of the crop
response to combined CO2 and temperature increases under field conditions is still limited …

Resource shortages, driven by climatic, institutional and social changes in many regions of
Asia, combined with growing imperatives to increase food production whilst ensuring …

Since the publication of the third edition of the Handbook of Plant and Crop Stress,
continuous discoveries in the fields of plant and crop environmental stresses and their …

Rice is arguably the most important food source on the planet and is consumed by over half
of the world's population. Considerable increases in yield are required over this century to …

Phosphorus is an essential element for plant metabolism and growth, but its future supply
under elevated levels of atmospheric CO2 remains uncertain. Here we present …

There is some evidence that rice cultivars respond differently to elevated CO2
concentrations ([CO2]), but [CO2]× cultivar interaction has never been tested under open …

The aim of this review is to examine how the quantity and quality of starch in cereal
endosperm is affected by abiotic stress. This is important because starch is the primary food …