Varshney, R K and Tuberosa, R and Tardieu, F (2018) Progress in understanding drought tolerance: from alleles to cropping systems. Journal of Experimental Botany (TSI), 69 (13). pp. 3175-3179. ISSN 0022-0957
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Abstract
Improving crop yields under rainfed environments is key to meeting the food security demands of an ever-increasing population, but climate change-associated expansion of drought-affected arable land means that resilient crops and agronomic practices are critical. High-throughput plant phenomics and modern genetic approaches must be directed towards precise understanding of factors controlling crop yield. This special issue covers root dynamics, turgor management under desiccation, molecular responses to dehydration, impact of drought on plant development and seed abortion, and adjustment of traits to the most frequent patterns of drought. It also addresses interdisciplinary views for enhancing genetic gains and achieving a more sustainable climate-resilient agronomy.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Divisions: | Research Program : Genetic Gains |
| CRP: | UNSPECIFIED |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Abortion, crop yield, dehydration, drought tolerance, osmotic adjustment, root architecture, seed development, turgor management |
| Subjects: | Others > Abiotic Stress Others > Crop Improvement Others > Crop Physiology Others > Cropping and Farming Systems Others > Genetics and Genomics Others > Plant Physiology |
| Depositing User: | Mr Ramesh K |
| Date Deposited: | 25 Jun 2018 08:42 |
| Last Modified: | 25 Jun 2018 08:43 |
| URI: | http://oar.icrisat.org/id/eprint/10767 |
| Official URL: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jxb/ery187 |
| Projects: | UNSPECIFIED |
| Funders: | UNSPECIFIED |
| Acknowledgement: | Guest editors would like to thank all authors who contributed their research and ideas to this special issue, and as organizers of the InterDrought V conference (Hyderabad, 2017) extend this also to speakers at that meeting. We are also grateful to our organizations and to a number of donors, especially the United States Agency for International Agricultural Development, Indian Council of Agricultural Research and ICRISAT for their special support and co-organizing the conference. R. K. V. is thankful to his colleagues, especially Ms Annapurna Chitkineni for her help in organizing the conference and Dr K. Himabindu and Dr Rakesh Kumar for their help and assistance in editing the special issue. We dedicate this special issue to the memory of Abraham Blum who passed away on 10 March 2018. |
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