Plants are key to the functionality of many ecosystem processes. The duration and intensity
of water stress are anticipated to increase in the future; however, a detailed elucidation of …

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 …

Genomic selection is being used increasingly in plant breeding to accelerate genetic gain
per unit time. One of the most important applications of genomic selection in maize breeding …

Drought stress (DS) is a major constraint to maize yield production. Heat stress (HS) alone
and in combination with DS are likely to become the increasing constraints. Association …

Phenotypic plasticity is observed widely in plants and often studied with reaction norms for
adult plant or end‐of‐season traits. Uncovering genetic, environmental and developmental …

Under dryland conditions, annual and perennial food crops are exposed to dry spells,
severely affecting crop productivity by limiting available soil moisture at critical and sensitive …

The stability of maize production in Northeast China where rain-fed agriculture is widely
practiced faces serious challenges due to climate change. Therefore, to investigate how the …

Micronutrient malnutrition due to Fe and Zn, affects around two billion people globally
particularly in the develo** countries. More than 90% of the Asian population is …

Core Ideas UAS captured increased genetic variation compared with manual terminal
height. There were small significant differences in ground filtering methods to extract plant …

Symbiosis with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) has a remarkable role in alleviating the
stress caused by adverse conditions on the growth of host plants. The effectiveness of AMF …