Globally, climate change could hinder future food security that concurrently implies the
importance of investigating drought stress and genotype screening under stressed …

Finger millet, an orphan crop, possesses immense potential in mitigating climate change
and could offer threefold security in terms of food, fodder, and nutrition. It is mostly cultivated …

Drought is the single abiotic stress with the biggest impact on global crop yields, thus
improving crop performance under water-limiting conditions is essential to global food …

Drought and poor soil fertility are among the major abiotic stresses affecting maize
productivity in sub‐Saharan Africa. Maize breeding efforts at the International Maize and …

Drought represents a significant production challenge to maize farmers in West and Central
Africa, causing substantial economic losses. Breeders at the International Institute of …

Drought currently affects several regions worldwide and tends to be more frequent due to
climate change. It might compromise food security and the economic structure related to …

Climate change is expected to intensify water restriction to crops, impacting on the yield
potential of crops such as popcorn. This work aimed to evaluate the performance of 10 field …

To define breeding strategies, the understanding of trait inheritance is critical. The objective
of this study was to determine the inheritance of popcorn under different water regimes. To …

This study aimed to identify the genetic control of morphological, water status, and root traits
in four inbred lines and their pre-selected hybrid combinations of popcorn, and to identify the …

Introduced maize (Zea mays L.) germplasm can serve as important sources of favorable
alleles for enhancing the performance of new maize varieties and hybrids under drought …