Unmanned aerial vehicle remote sensing for field-based crop phenotyping: current status and perspectives

G Yang, J Liu, C Zhao, Z Li, Y Huang, H Yu… - Frontiers in plant …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Phenotyping 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 …

Root phenotyping for drought tolerance: a review

A Wasaya, X Zhang, Q Fang, Z Yan - Agronomy, 2018 - mdpi.com
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 …

Past and future use of wild relatives in crop breeding

H Dempewolf, G Baute, J Anderson, B Kilian… - Crop …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Wild species related to agricultural crops (crop wild relatives, or CWR) can increase the
adaptive capacity of agricultural systems around the world. They represent a large pool of …

A review of soil carbon dynamics resulting from agricultural practices

F Abbas, HM Hammad, W Ishaq, AA Farooque… - Journal of environmental …, 2020 - Elsevier
Literature related to the carbon cycle and climate contains contradictory results with regard
to whether agricultural practices increase or mitigate emission of greenhouse gases (GHGs) …

Breeding for drought and heat tolerance in wheat

P Langridge, M Reynolds - Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 2021 - Springer
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 …

Addressing research bottlenecks to crop productivity

M Reynolds, OK Atkin, M Bennett, M Cooper… - Trends in Plant …, 2021 - cell.com
Asymmetry of investment in crop research leads to knowledge gaps and lost opportunities to
accelerate genetic gain through identifying new sources and combinations of traits and …

Exploiting genetic diversity from landraces in wheat breeding for adaptation to climate change

MS Lopes, I El-Basyoni, PS Baenziger… - Journal of …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Climate change has generated unpredictability in the timing and amount of rain, as well as
extreme heat and cold spells that have affected grain yields worldwide and threaten food …

Genome-wide comparative diversity uncovers multiple targets of selection for improvement in hexaploid wheat landraces and cultivars

CR Cavanagh, S Chao, S Wang… - Proceedings of the …, 2013 - National Acad Sciences
Domesticated crops experience strong human-mediated selection aimed at developing high-
yielding varieties adapted to local conditions. To detect regions of the wheat genome subject …

Breeding and domesticating crops adapted to drought and salinity: a new paradigm for increasing food production

A Fita, A Rodríguez-Burruezo, M Boscaiu… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2015 - frontiersin.org
World population is expected to reach 9.2× 109 people by 2050. Feeding them will require a
boost in crop productivity using innovative approaches. Current agricultural production is …

Phenotyping for drought tolerance of crops in the genomics era

R Tuberosa - Frontiers in physiology, 2012 - frontiersin.org
Improving crops yield under water-limited conditions is the most daunting challenge faced
by breeders. To this end, accurate, relevant phenotyping plays an increasingly pivotal role …