Food crops face rising temperatures: an overview of responses, adaptive mechanisms, and approaches to improve heat tolerance

N Kaushal, K Bhandari, KHM Siddique… - Cogent food & …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
The rising temperatures are resulting in heat stress for various agricultural crops to limit their
growth, metabolism, and leading to significant loss of yield potential worldwide. Heat stress …

Identification and characterization of contrasting genotypes/cultivars for developing heat tolerance in agricultural crops: current status and prospects

S Chaudhary, P Devi, A Bhardwaj, UC Jha… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Rising global temperatures due to climate change are affecting crop performance in several
regions of the world. High temperatures affect plants at various organizational levels …

Effects of Drought, Heat and Their Interaction on the Growth, Yield and Photosynthetic Function of Lentil (Lens culinaris Medikus) Genotypes Varying in Heat and …

A Sehgal, K Sita, J Kumar, S Kumar, S Singh… - Frontiers in plant …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Rising temperatures and drought stress limit the growth and production potential of lentil
(Lens culinaris Medikus), particularly during reproductive growth and seed filling. The …

Heat and Drought Stress Impact on Phenology, Grain Yield, and Nutritional Quality of Lentil (Lens culinaris Medikus)

H Choukri, K Hejjaoui, A El-Baouchi… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Lentil (Lens culinaris Medikus) is a protein-rich cool-season food legume with an excellent
source of protein, prebiotic carbohydrates, minerals, and vitamins. With climate change …

Identification of High-Temperature Tolerant Lentil (Lens culinaris Medik.) Genotypes through Leaf and Pollen Traits

K Sita, A Sehgal, J Kumar, S Kumar, S Singh… - Frontiers in plant …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Rising temperatures are proving detrimental for various agricultural crops. Cool-season
legumes such as lentil (Lens culunaris Medik.) are sensitive to even small increases in …

Influence of drought and heat stress, applied independently or in combination during seed development, on qualitative and quantitative aspects of seeds of lentil (Lens …

A Sehgal, K Sita, K Bhandari, S Kumar… - Plant, cell & …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Terminal droughts, along with high temperatures, are becoming more frequent to strongly
influence the seed development in cool‐season pulses like lentil. In the present study, the …

Heat stress in grain legumes during reproductive and grain-filling phases

M Farooq, F Nadeem, N Gogoi, A Ullah… - Crop and Pasture …, 2017 - CSIRO Publishing
Thermal stress during reproductive development and grain-filling phases is a serious threat
to the quality and productivity of grain legumes. The optimum temperature range for grain …

Screening the FIGS Set of Lentil (Lens culinaris Medikus) Germplasm for Tolerance to Terminal Heat and Combined Drought-Heat Stress

N El Haddad, K Rajendran, A Smouni, NE Es-Safi… - Agronomy, 2020 - mdpi.com
Lentil (Lens culinaris Medikus) is one of the most important cool season food legume crops
grown in many countries. Seeds are typically rich in protein, fiber, prebiotic carbohydrates …

Impact of heat stress during seed filling on seed quality and seed yield in lentil (Lens culinaris Medikus) genotypes

K Sita, A Sehgal, K Bhandari, J Kumar… - Journal of the …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND Lentil, a cool‐season food legume, is highly sensitive to high temperatures,
which drastically reduce biomass and seed yield. The effects of heat stress on qualitative …

Genome wide transcriptome analysis reveals vital role of heat responsive genes in regulatory mechanisms of lentil (Lens culinaris Medikus)

D Singh, CK Singh, J Taunk, V Jadon, M Pal… - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
The present study reports the role of morphological, physiological and reproductive
attributes viz. membrane stability index (MSI), osmolytes accumulations, antioxidants …