According to the UN-FAO, agricultural production must increase by 50% by 2050 to meet
global demand for food. This goal can be accomplished, in part, by the development of …

Drought limits crop productivity and threatens global food security, with moderate drought
stress—when crops grow at a reduced rate—commonly experienced. Increasing plant …

Price surges in staple foods trigger civil unrest and conflict. The food riots of 2007–2008 and
Arab spring uprisings (2010–2012) were, in part, a consequence of price increases due to a …

Closing the yield gap is essential for global food security and for farmers who face
increasing costs of production. Recent work showed that Australia's wheat growers are …

Understanding factors underpinning the variability in nitrogen (N) utilization efficiency
(NUtE)[ie grain yield per unit of N uptake at maturity (Nup MAT)] is critical to direct future …

Harvest index (HI) is the ratio of grain to total shoot dry matter and is as a measure of
reproductive efficiency. HI is determined by interactions between genotypes (G) …

With global food demand predicted to grow by 50–80% by 2050, timely strategies are
required to best adapt to the projected changes in agriculture. In this study, we illustrated …

In wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) canopy architecture influences light penetration into the
canopy and radiation use efficiency particularly during the period between stem elongation …

Temperature and water deficit stresses cause large year‐to‐year yield variability, and
matching crop phenology with periods less prone to stresses can improve yield stability. We …

While sustained warmer temperatures accelerate crop phenology, short exposures to supra-
optimal temperatures ('heat shocks') can stress wheat crops, with drastic impact on grain …