Lentil plays an important role for food and nutritional security. It is a sustainable source of
protein, zinc, iron, prebiotic carbohydrates, and diverse health-promoting nutrients. This crop …

Lentil (Lens culinaris Medikus subsp. culinaris) was among the first crops domesticated and
has become an important food legume crop in the farming and food systems of many …

Since the publication of the third edition of the Handbook of Plant and Crop Stress,
continuous discoveries in the fields of plant and crop environmental stresses and their …

Roots have long been proposed as a major avenue of research to improve crop adaptation
to water limitations. The simple assumption is that deeper and more profuse root systems …

Silicon (Si) has been widely reported to have beneficial effect on mitigating drought stress in
plants. However, the effect of Si on seed germination under drought conditions is still poorly …

Seedling root phenotypes may have important impacts on fitness and are more easily
measured than mature root phenotypes. We phenotyped the roots of 577 genotypes of …

Abstract Lentil (Lens culinaris, Medik.) is an important legume crop, which often experience
drought stress especially at the flowering and grain filling phenological stages. The …

Lentils play a major role in the food and nutritional security of millions, particularly among
low-income Asian families, because of the high protein content of their seed. As is the case …

Water deficit is the main yield-limiting factor across the Asian and African semiarid tropics
and a basic consideration when develo** crop cultivars for water-limited conditions is to …

Lentil (Lens culinaris Medik.) is one of the major cool-season pulse crops worldwide. Its
increasing demand as a staple pulse has led to the unlocking of diverse germplasm …