Drought stress, which causes a decline in quality and quantity of crop yields, has become
more accentuated these days due to climatic change. Serious measures need to be taken to …

Water use efficiency (WUE) is defined as the amount of carbon assimilated as biomass or
grain produced per unit of water used by the crop. One of the primary questions being asked …

Abstract Pineapple (Ananas comosus (L.) Merr.) is the most economically valuable crop
possessing crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM), a photosynthetic carbon assimilation …

Crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) is a water-use efficient adaptation of photosynthesis
that has evolved independently many times in diverse lineages of flowering plants. We …

C4 and CAM photosynthesis have repeatedly evolved in plants over the past 30 million
years. Because both repurpose the same set of enzymes but differ in their spatial and …

In plants exhibiting crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM), CAM photosynthesis almost
always occurs together with C3 photosynthesis, and occasionally with C4 photosynthesis …

Members of the cactus family are keystone species of arid and semiarid biomes in the
Americas, as they provide shelter and resources to support other members of ecosystems …

On-farm diversification is a promising strategy for farmers to adapt to climate change.
However, few recommendations exist on how to diversify farm systems in ways that best fit …

The phenomenal increase in agricultural yields that we have witnessed in the last century
has slowed down as we approach the limits of selective breeding and optimization of …

Agriculture is facing a massive increase in demand per hectare as a result of an ever-
expanding population and environmental deterioration. While we have learned much about …