Extreme climate events can have a significant negative impact on maize productivity,
resulting in food scarcity and socioeconomic losses. Thus, quantifying their effect is needed …

Maize is the third most cultivated food crop in the world. Therefore, the impact of climate
change and the development of adaptation strategies for maize are crucial to agricultural …

Croplands and grasslands are agricultural systems that contribute to land–atmosphere
exchanges of carbon (C). We evaluated and compared gross primary production (GPP) …

Maize is the most important crop grown in South Africa, but yields can be severely reduced
by extreme high summer average temperatures and low precipitation, potentially adversely …

Future climate scenarios are predicting considerable threats to sustainable maize
production in arid and semi-arid regions. These adverse impacts can be minimized by …

Assessing the risk of yield loss in African drought-affected regions is key to identify feasible
solutions for stable crop production. Recent studies have demonstrated that Copula-based …

Understanding germplasm's genetic diversity is essential for developing new and improved
cultivars with stable yields under diverse environments. The objective of this study was to …

Climate change is expected to substantially reduce future crop yields in South Africa, thus
affecting food security and livelihood. Adaptation strategies need to be implemented to …

Metagenomic has been explored in investigating microbiome diversity. However, there is
limited available information on its application towards securing plant health. Hence, this …

Due to high present-day temperatures and reliance on rainfed agriculture, sub-Saharan
Africa is highly vulnerable to climate change. We use a comprehensive set of global (CMIP5) …