Flowering and grain-filling stages are highly sensitive to heat and drought stress exposure,
leading to significant loss in crop yields. Therefore, phenotyping to enhance resilience to …

Climate change has a significant impact on winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) cultivation
due to the occurrence of various environmental stress parameters. It destabilizes wheat …

Relative chlorophyll content (SPAD) is an important index for characterizing the nitrogen
nutrient status of plants. Continuous, rapid, nondestructive, and accurate estimation of SPAD …

Early drought stress detection is crucial for restoring productivity, ensuring recovery, and
providing vital information for mortality prevention. Hyperspectral remote sensing which is …

Hyperspectral sensing technique can provide an exact and expeditious manner for effective
management of deficit irrigation through assessment of changes in plant water status in a …

In recent decades, drought has been identified as part of the several regular climate-related
hazards happening in many African countries including South Africa, often with devastating …

Screening for drought tolerance is critical to ensure high biomass production of bioenergy
sorghum in arid or semi-arid environments. The bottleneck in drought tolerance selection is …

The rate of advancement made in phenomic-assisted breeding methodologies has lagged
those of genomic-assisted techniques, which is now a critical component of mainstream …

Improvement of crop water use efficiency (CWUE), defined as crop yield per volume of water
used, is an important goal for both crop management and breeding. While many …

With the increasing population, there lies a pressing demand for food, feed and fibre, while
the changing climatic conditions pose severe challenges for agricultural production …