Phenotypic plasticity, both within and across generations, is an important mechanism that
organisms use to cope with rapid climate change. While an increasing number of studies …

Understanding the evolutionary and ecological roles of'non-genetic'inheritance (NGI) is
daunting due to the complexity and diversity of epigenetic mechanisms. We draw on insights …

In the era of rapid climate change, abiotic stresses are the primary cause for yield gap in
major agricultural crops. Among them, salinity is considered a calamitous stress due to its …

Wheat crop endures a considerable penalty of yield reduction to escape the drought events
during post-anthesis period. Drought priming under a pre-drought stress can enhance the …

There is renewed interest in how transgenerational environmental effects, including
epigenetic inheritance, contribute to adaptive evolution. The contribution of across …

Key message Sustaining yield gains of grain legume crops under growing salt-stressed
conditions demands a thorough understanding of plant salinity response and more efficient …

Main conclusion Drought stress during grain filling is the most yield-damaging to wheat. Pre-
drought priming facilitated the wheat plants to sustain grain development against the post …

In recent decades, the phenotype of an organism (ie its traits and behaviour) has been
studied as the outcome of a developmental 'programme'coded in its genotype. This …

Crop plants often have challenges of biotic and abiotic stresses, and they adapt
sophisticated ways to acclimate and cope with these through the expression of specific …

Plant and animal parents may respond to environmental conditions such as resource stress
by altering traits of their offspring via heritable non-genetic effects. While such …