Salt stress is an acute threat to plants, especially to field crops in irrigated and saline areas
of the world. Rice is the second staple crop of the world after wheat, and its production is …

Barley is a very important crop particularly in marginal dry areas, where it often serves as the
most viable option for farmers. Additionally, barley carries great significance in the Western …

Improvement of crop varieties can be a powerful strategy for addressing food, nutrition, and
climate challenges in the Global South if it is guided by market intelligence. We conducted a …

Regaining the agricultural potential of sodic soils in the Indo-Gangetic plains necessitates
the development of suitable salt tolerant rice varieties to provide an entry for other affordable …

Crop breeding by the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR), in
partnership with national agricultural research and extension systems (NARES) and …

Accumulation of salts in soils is one of the major challenges for food production in vast
areas, and reclamation of these soils is too expensive for marginal farmers. We evaluated …

Crop varieties should fulfill multiple requirements, including agronomic performance and
product quality. Variety evaluations depend on data generated from field trials and sensory …

This research aimed to assess the performance of a technology package in relation to rice
yield in a B-type tidal rice field in Central Kalimantan province (Indonesia). We selected four …

Rice is the staple food and provides livelihood for smallholder farmers in the coastal delta
regions of South and Southeast Asia. However, its productivity is often low because of …

Smallholder farming communities face highly variable climatic conditions that threaten
locally adapted, low-input agriculture. The benefits of modern crop breeding may fail to …