There is an ongoing debate about how best to feed the growing world population in the long
run and associated implications for research and development. Some call for a new Green …

Growth and development of cereal crops are linked to weather, day length and growing
degree-days (GDDs) which make them responsive to the specific environments in specific …

Adaptive management of crop growing periods by adjusting sowing dates and cultivars is
one of the central aspects of crop production systems, tightly connected to local climate …

Agricultural intensification increased crop productivity but simplified production with lower
diversity of crop** systems, higher genetic uniformity, and a higher uniformity of …

Bread wheat expanded its habitat from a core area of the Fertile Crescent to global
environments within~ 10,000 years. The genetic mechanisms of this remarkable …

Breeding crops for high yield and superior adaptability to new and variable climates is
imperative to ensure continued food security, biomass production, and ecosystem services …

Major global crops in high-yielding, temperate crop** regions are facing increasing
threats from the impact of climate change, particularly from drought and heat at critical …

Drought stress limits crop yield, but the molecular modulators and their mechanisms
underlying the trade-off between drought resistance and crop growth and development …

The world crop** area for wheat exceeds that of any other crop, and high grain yields in
intensive wheat crop** systems are essential for global food security. Breeding has raised …

Key message A review of the available literature on genetics of yield and its component
traits, tolerance to abiotic stresses and biofortification should prove useful for future research …