Climate change, associated with increased aridity, and high grazing pressure by livestock
results in the scarcity and loss of perennial Poaceae in arid ecosystems. The species …

Drought and heat stress are two critical threats to crop growth and sustainable agriculture
worldwide. In the last decade, many studies focused on the response of crops to a single …

In the dry regions of the Arabian Peninsula, such as Saudi Arabia, rangeland degradation
and the decline of pasture species have significantly reduced phytomass production. The …

Buffelgrass (Cenchrus ciliaris L.) is an important forage grass widely grown across the world
with many good characteristics including high biomass yield, drought tolerance, and …

Four somaclonal mutants (S1, S4, S6 and M10) and their parental Cenchrus ciliaris L.
cultivar Biloela were characterized under salinity conditions at germination and vegetative …

Cenchrus ciliaris L. is a C4 perennial grass of arid lands which is under the focus of different
ecological issues such as response to desertification, quality of forage grass and impacts of …

The increasing aridity exacerbated by climatic changes is leading to loss of perennial
herbaceous plants Cenchrus ciliaris, an apomictic, polyploid grass used as forage in hot and …

Increasing water scarcity and soil salinization call for more diversified agricultural production
systems that have the potential to sustain in marginal environments. Perennial forage …

Perennial herbaceous plants are a key element of the vegetation cover in arid lands, during
a long period of the year, but their persistence depends on their ability to cope with acute …