As global land surface temperature continues to rise and heatwave events increase in
frequency, duration, and/or intensity, our key food and fuel crop** systems will likely face …

Abiotic stresses are one of the major constraints to crop production and food security
worldwide. The situation has aggravated due to the drastic and rapid changes in global …

Myriad definitions have been used for the term heat stress, but here it is defined as a
deleterious response to elevated temperature. For cereal crops, heat stress reduces yield or …

Phenoty** plays an important role in crop science research; the accurate and rapid
acquisition of phenotypic information of plants or cells in different environments is helpful for …

Plant roots play a significant role in plant growth by exploiting soil resources via the uptake
of water and nutrients. Root traits such as fine root diameter, specific root length, specific root …

Key message Many approaches have been adopted to enhance the heat and drought
tolerance of wheat with mixed success. An assessment of the relative merits of different …

Wheat grain protein concentration is an important determinant of wheat quality for human
nutrition that is often overlooked in efforts to improve crop production. We tested and applied …

Both photosynthesis (A) and stomatal conductance (gs) respond to changing irradiance, yet
stomatal responses are an order of magnitude slower than photosynthesis, resulting in …

Crop models are essential tools for assessing the threat of climate change to local and
global food production. Present models used to predict wheat grain yield are highly …

Climate trends over the past few decades have been fairly rapid in many agricultural regions
around the world, and increases in atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) and ozone (O3) …