Abiotic stresses are the foremost limiting factors for agricultural productivity. Crop plants
need to cope up adverse external pressure created by environmental and edaphic …

The diversity of available 2nd and 3rd generation DNA sequencing platforms is increasing
rapidly. Costs for these systems range from< 100000tomorethan 1 000 000, with instrument …

Globally, agriculture is under a lot of pressure due to rising population and corresponding
increases in food demand. However, several variables, including improper mechanization …

Most plant seeds are dispersed in a dry, mature state. If these seeds are non-dormant and
the environmental conditions are favourable, they will pass through the complex process of …

Two different plant strategies exist to deal with shade: shade avoidance and shade
tolerance. All shade-exposed plants optimize photosynthesis to adapt to the decrease in …

Non‐target‐site‐based resistance (NTSR) can confer unpredictable cross‐resistance to
herbicides. However, the genetic determinants of NTSR remain poorly known. The current …

Hybridization has a major role in evolution—from the introgression of important phenotypic
traits between species, to the creation of new species through hybrid speciation. Molecular …

Ever since the discovery of C4 photosynthesis in the mid-1960s, plant biologists have
envisaged the introduction of the C4 photosynthetic pathway into C3 crops such as rice and …

Plant breeding has been very successful in develo** improved varieties using
conventional tools and methodologies. Nowadays, the availability of genomic tools and …

Weed science, as an integral part of agricultural production needs to evolve by moving away
from its mono-disciplinary perspective at targeting weeds, sometimes a single species …