Given both the ongoing expansion of world population and development of climate change
conditions, it is increasingly imperative to develop and deploy sustainable biomass …

Global warming and associated precipitation changes will negatively impact on many
agricultural ecosystems. Major food production areas are expected to experience reduced …

Inability to efficiently implement high-throughput field phenoty** is increasingly perceived
as a key component that limits genetic gain in breeding programs. Field phenoty** must …

Background Because soil salinity is a major abiotic constraint affecting crop yield, much
research has been conducted to develop plants with improved salinity tolerance. Salinity …

Drought tolerance involves mechanisms operating at different spatial and temporal scales,
from rapid stomatal closure to maintenance of crop yield. We review how short-term …

Anthropogenic increases in fossil fuel emissions have been a primary driver of increased
concentrations of atmospheric carbon dioxide ([CO 2]) and other greenhouse gases …

Constraints in field phenoty** capability limit our ability to dissect the genetics of
quantitative traits, particularly those related to yield and stress tolerance (eg, yield potential …

The ratio of plant carbon gain to water use, known as water use efficiency (WUE), has long
been recognized as a key constraint on crop production and an important target for crop …

Drought is a predominant cause of low yields worldwide. There is an urgent need for more
water efficient crop** systems facing large water consumption of irrigated agriculture and …

Key message Many approaches have been adopted to enhance the heat and drought
tolerance of wheat with mixed success. An assessment of the relative merits of different …