Water, a necessary component of cell protoplasm, plays an essential role in supporting life
on Earth; nevertheless, extreme changes in climatic conditions limit water availability …

Producing more food per unit of water has never been as important as it is at present, and
the demand for water by economic sectors other than agriculture will necessarily put a great …

Here, we conducted a meta‐analysis of experimental drought manipulation studies using
rainout shelters in five sites of natural grassland ecosystems of Europe. The single studies …

This study compared maize, sorghum and pearl-millet, leading C 4 cereals, for the
transpiration rate (TR) response to increasing atmospheric and soil water stress. The TR …

Peanut is an important oilseed and food legume cultivated as a rain-fed crop in semi-arid
tropics. Drought and high salinity are the major abiotic stresses limiting the peanut …

Groundnut is an important food and oil crop in the semiarid tropics, contributing to
household food consumption and cash income. In Asia and Africa, yields are low attributed …

Available evidence and predictions suggest overall negative effects on agricultural
production as a result of climate change, especially when more food is required by a …

As water availability is critical for reproduction, terminal drought tolerance may involve water-
saving traits. Experiments were undertaken under different vapour pressure deficit (VPD) …

Abstract Background Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) is the second most widely grown pulse
and drought (limiting water) is one of the major constraints leading to about 40–50% yield …

Drought is one of the most stressful environmental factor causing yield and economic losses
in many soybean-producing regions. In the last decades, transcription factors (TFs) are …