Yield gains from rain-fed wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) production, particularly in areas
experiencing intermittent and terminal dry spells, can be realized through integrated …

Drought is one of the major abiotic stresses often causing negative impacts on bean crops in
the Andean region in Colombia. An experiment under the greenhouse conditions was …

In order to detect markers for drought stress tolerance, field experiments in Ethiopia were
conducted for three years at two naturally drought-prone locations and two optimum …

Drought is a major factor threatening crop production worldwide. Developing wheat varieties
that are adapted to drought prone environments is a sustainable strategy to improve wheat …

ABSTRACT In African sub-Saharan countries, sesame is mostly grown under rain fed
conditions where it is subjected to drought stress. The objective of this study was to identify …

Drought is an important factor limiting crop production in arid and semi-arid conditions.
Drought indices which provide a measure of drought based on yield loss under drought …

Selection and breeding for drought tolerance in rice have always been one of the leading
objectives for rice breeders in water-deficient farming areas. In the present study, we applied …

The Near East climate ranges from arid to a Mediterranean, under which local wheat
landraces have been grown for over millennia, assumingly accumulating a unique repertoire …

An experiment was conducted to examine the influencing characters on rice by using 64 rice
genotypes, including four local landraces, four released cultivars and 56 mutant lines (M5) …

Sesame (Sesamum indicum L.) is among the oldest cultivated oilseed crops and is regarded
as the “queen of oil seeds” because of its oil quality. Since sesame is cultivated in harsh …