Breeding crop plants with increased yield potential and improved tolerance to stressful
environments is critical for global food security. Drought stress (DS) adversely affects …

The eighteenth-century Malthusian prediction of population growth outstripping food
production has not yet come to bear. Unprecedented agricultural land expansions since …

Quantitative understanding of factors driving yield increases of major food crops is essential
for effective prioritization of research and development. Yet previous estimates had …

Drought is a predominant cause of low yields worldwide. There is an urgent need for more
water efficient cropping systems facing large water consumption of irrigated agriculture and …

A key question for climate change adaptation is whether existing cropping systems can
become less sensitive to climate variations. We use a field-level data set on maize and …

Germination and seedling development are essential stages in a plant's life cycle, greatly
influenced by temperature and moisture conditions. The aim of this study was to determine …

This study aims at developing a robust and generic methodology, based on the use of high
resolution remote sensing data to provide accurate estimates of maize biomass and yield …

Over the past 3 decades, the study of various mechanisms involved in maize grain yield
(GY) formation and its relationship with nitrogen (N) uptake dynamics has been increasingly …

To determine root growth and grain yield of winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L) under
moderate drought stress, a nursery experiment and a field trial were conducted with or …

Drought is the most significant environmental stress in agriculture worldwide and improving
yield under drought is a major goal of plant breeding. A review of breeding progress pointed …