The ratio of plant carbon gain to water use, known as water use efficiency (WUE), has long
been recognized as a key constraint on crop production and an important target for crop …

While the functional genetics and physiological mechanisms controlling drought resistance
in crop plants have been intensely studied, less research has examined the genetic basis of …

Water-use efficiency (WUE) is often considered an important determinant of yield under
stress and even as a component of crop drought resistance. It has been used to imply that …

Drought is the most significant environmental stress in agriculture worldwide and improving
yield under drought is a major goal of plant breeding. A review of breeding progress pointed …

There is considerable interest in the occurrence and molecular mechanisms of phenotypic
plasticity and genotype-by-environment interactions (G× E) in plant populations. The …

Globally, agriculture accounts for 80–90% of all freshwater used by humans, and most of
that is in crop production. In many areas, this water use is unsustainable; water supplies are …

The genetic bases of the molecular, cellular and developmental responses to drought
involve many gene functions regulated by water availability. Genomics-based approaches …

Understanding how biotic interactions can improve plant tolerance to drought is a
challenging prospect for agronomy and ecology. Plant growth‐promoting rhizobacteria …

Overexpression of genes that respond to drought stress is a seemingly attractive approach
for improving drought resistance in crops. However, the consequences for both water-use …

In bread wheat, single-locus and two-locus QTL analyses were conducted for seven yield
and yield contributing traits using two different mapping populations (PI and P II). Single …