Fast increase in world population, scarcer water resources and climate change are putting
pressure on the maximization of crop yield, while optimizing the use of water and soil …

Many species face increasing drought under climate change. Plasticity has been predicted
to strongly influence species' drought responses, but broad patterns in plasticity have not …

Food legume crops play important roles in conservation farming systems and contribute to
food security in the developing world. However, in many regions of the world, their …

Plant microRNAs have been implicated in various abiotic stress responses. We identified
several conserved microRNAs that showed differential expression in Medicago truncatula …

Legume plants produce one-third of the total yield of primary crops and are important food
sources for both humans and animals worldwide. Frequent exposure to abiotic stresses …

Despite its relevance, protein regulation, metabolic adjustment, and the physiological status
of plants under drought is not well understood in relation to the role of nitrogen fixation in …

Drought stress limits yield severely in most of the crops. Plants utilize complex gene
regulation mechanisms to tolerate water deficiency as well as other abiotic stresses …

Drought is the major abiotic stress factor that causes extensive losses to agriculture
production worldwide. The objective of this study was to evaluate the dynamics of …

M edicago truncatula is a model legume forage crop native to the arid and semi‐arid
environments of the Mediterranean. Given its drought‐adapted nature, it is an ideal …

Plants are often subjected to unfavorable environmental conditions–abiotic factors, causing
abiotic stresses-that play a major role in determining productivity of crop yields [1] but also …