TY - JOUR AV - public A1 - Tardieu, F A1 - Varshney, R K A1 - Tuberosa, R TI - Improving crop performance under drought ? cross-fertilization of disciplines UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erx042 JF - Journal of Experimental Botany SN - 0022-0957 PB - Oxford University Press on behalf of the Society for Experimental Biology N1 - We sincerely thank Journal of Experimental Botany (Box 2) for continued support of drought studies over the long period of time covered by the InterDrought conferences. The article is published as Virtual Issue Editorial. N2 - Better crop performance in dry environments is imperative for food security in the face of climate change. This has never been as true as in 2017, but the concern has existed for decades. The four InterDrought conferences held since 1995 have addressed issues associated with crop performance under drought with a clear multi-disciplinary approach. During this time Journal of Experimental Botany has been at the forefront in publishing the underlying experimental science encompassing the disciplines and scales of organization required in drought research. We hope that the papers highlighted here will be useful to, and instrumental for, broadening interdisciplinary understanding of drought tolerance. KW - Climate change KW - crop productivity KW - drought tolerance KW - food security KW - water deficit KW - dry environments KW - cross-fertilization KW - genetics Y1 - 2017/03/01/ SP - 1393 ID - icrisat9954 EP - 1398 VL - 68 IS - 7 ER -