Global climate change, which is mainly caused by industrialized nations, has a negative
impact on the agricultural production of poor and emerging countries, calling for mitigating …

In current years, the prevalence of abiotic stresses has become a major threat for the growth
and development of plants worldwide. Since the past few decades, there has been an …

Biochar application to soils can both sequester carbon in the long term, and improve soil
fertility by storing nutrients and water. Biochar is produced by pyrolysis of biomass and …

Global warming is accelerating heat stress in plants, thus requiring agricultural strategies for
the global food security. For instance, soil modification can be used to minimize the effect of …

Sugarcane is an important cash crop of India and sucrose accumulated in its stalk is the
main product, which gets deteriorated as soon as it is harvested. Sucrose deterioration …

Legumes are grown in more than 120 countries across all the continents. Ninety per cent of
the global production of legumes is in a small group of countries such as India, Turkey …

Maintenance of nutritional quality in crops is vital to provide quality human food as well as
animal feed under stressful environmental conditions. The aim of the present review is to …

Microbial flora is one of the most diverse and abundant forms of life on the earth (Dawson et
al. 2017; Lu et al. 2013; Reshi et al. 2015). Microbes are present in every type of natural …

Climate change impacts the agro-ecosystems of an area by changing the key variable
(rising temperature, rainfall, drought, waterlogging) which affects plant growth and …

Carbon pollution and climate change mean both more floods and droughts making it harder
and harder for farmers to grow good-quality, nutritious food. Farmers around the world …