Energy derived from fossil fuels contributes significantly to global climate change,
accounting for more than 75% of global greenhouse gas emissions and approximately 90 …

Drought stress imposes a serious threat to crop productivity and nutritional security. Drought
adaptation mechanisms involve complex regulatory network comprising of various sensory …

Climate change and global warming have increased the frequency of extreme heat stress
events that severely affect plant production. Photosynthesis is an intricate heat-sensitive …

Increasing temperature is a key component of global climate change, affecting crop growth
and productivity worldwide. Wheat is a major cereal crop grown in various parts of the globe …

Heat waves occurring during droughts can have a devastating impact on yield, especially if
they happen during the flowering and seed set stages of the crop cycle. Global warming and …

Proline is a proteinogenic amino acid synthesized from glutamate and ornithine. Pyrroline-5-
carboxylate synthetase and pyrroline-5-carboxylate reductase are the two key enzymes …

There will be longer and more intense periods of heat and drought stress in the future for
terrestrial ecosystems. Although the responses of wheat plants to heat and drought stress …

Extreme temperatures and droughts are considered as the two main factors that limit wheat
growth and production. Although responses of wheat plants to heat and drought stress have …

Plants are exposed to a wide range of temperatures during their life cycle and need to
continuously adapt. These adaptations need to deal with temperature changes on a daily …

Maize (Zea mays L.) is one of the main cereals grown around the world. It is used for human
and animal nutrition and also as biofuel. However, as a direct consequence of global climate …