Management of crop water under drought: a review

G Bodner, A Nakhforoosh, HP Kaul - Agronomy for Sustainable …, 2015‏ - Springer
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 …

Drought stress in wheat during flowering and grain-filling periods

M Farooq, M Hussain, KHM Siddique - Critical reviews in plant …, 2014‏ - Taylor & Francis
Drought is a major environmental stress threatening wheat productivity worldwide. Global
climate models predict changed precipitation patterns with frequent episodes of drought …

Breeding for drought and heat tolerance in wheat

P Langridge, M Reynolds - Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 2021‏ - Springer
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 …

Traits and selection strategies to improve root systems and water uptake in water-limited wheat crops

AP Wasson, RA Richards, R Chatrath… - Journal of …, 2012‏ - academic.oup.com
Wheat yields globally will depend increasingly on good management to conserve rainfall
and new varieties that use water efficiently for grain production. Here we propose an …

Opportunities and challenges in the subsoil: pathways to deeper rooted crops

JP Lynch, T Wojciechowski - Journal of Experimental Botany, 2015‏ - academic.oup.com
Greater exploitation of subsoil resources by annual crops would afford multiple benefits,
including greater water and N acquisition in most agroecosystems, and greater …

The intersection of nitrogen nutrition and water use in plants: new paths toward improved crop productivity

DC Plett, K Ranathunge, VJ Melino… - Journal of …, 2020‏ - academic.oup.com
Water and nitrogen availability limit crop productivity globally more than most other
environmental factors. Plant availability of macronutrients such as nitrate is, to a large extent …

Moderate drought stress affected root growth and grain yield in old, modern and newly released cultivars of winter wheat

Y Fang, Y Du, J Wang, A Wu, S Qiao, B Xu… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2017‏ - frontiersin.org
To determine root growth and grain yield of winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L) under
moderate drought stress, a nursery experiment and a field trial were conducted with or …

Responses of root system architecture to water stress at multiple levels: A meta-analysis of trials under controlled conditions

X Kou, W Han, J Kang - Frontiers in Plant Science, 2022‏ - frontiersin.org
Plants are exposed to increasingly severe drought events and roots play vital roles in
maintaining plant survival, growth, and reproduction. A large body of literature has …

Genetics and genomics of root system variation in adaptation to drought stress in cereal crops

MN Siddiqui, J Léon, AA Naz… - Journal of Experimental …, 2021‏ - academic.oup.com
Cereals are important crops worldwide that help meet food demands and nutritional needs.
In recent years, cereal production has been challenged globally by frequent droughts and …

[كتاب][B] Plant roots: the hidden half

A Eshel, T Beeckman - 2013‏ - books.google.com
The decade since the publication of the third edition of this volume has been an era of great
progress in biology in general and the plant sciences in particular. This is especially true …