Agriculture and climate change are internally correlated with each other in various aspects,
as climate change is the main cause of biotic and abiotic stresses, which have adverse …

Climate change is affecting all regions of the world with different climates, and the scale of
damage is increasing due to the occurrence of various natural disasters. In particular, maize …

Harnessing genetic diversity in major staple crops through the development of new breeding
capabilities is essential to ensure food security. Here we examined the genetic and …

Grain legumes are important sources of proteins, essential micronutrients and vitamins and
for human nutrition. Climate change, including drought, is a severe threat to grain legume …

The current unpredictable climate changes are causing frequent and severe droughts. Such
circumstances emphasize the need to understand the response of plants to drought stress …

Recent substantial advances in high-throughput field phenoty** have provided plant
breeders with affordable and efficient tools for evaluating a large number of genotypes for …

Crop performance is severely affected by high salt concentrations in soils. To engineer more
salt-tolerant plants it is crucial to unravel the key components of the plant salt-tolerance …

Background Soil salinity and drought are an enormous worldwide problem for agriculture,
horticulture and silviculture. The initial responses of plants to drought and salinity are similar; …

Global warming is predicted to have a general negative effect on plant growth due to the
damaging effect of high temperatures on plant development. The increasing threat of …

Geneticists and breeders are positioned to breed plants with root traits that improve
productivity under drought. However, a better understanding of root functional traits and how …