Developing drought tolerant crops: hopes and challenges in an exciting journey

Vadez, V and Palta, J and Berger, J (2014) Developing drought tolerant crops: hopes and challenges in an exciting journey. Functional Plant Biology, 41 (11). ISSN 1445-4408

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Abstract

Under increasing water scarcity, food production for an increasing population is a global challenge. Maintaining crop production under limiting water supply is a common problem in agriculture, which is best addressed by the coordinated efforts of geneticists, physiologists and agronomists. This special issue is a selection of oral and poster presentations at the InterDrought IV conference, held in Perth (2–6 September 2013). These papers provide a broad, multidisciplinary view on the way to develop improved cultivars in the face of water deficit, providing the conference highlight: an integration of views from different disciplinary angles, generating constructive debate that was not buried in disciplinary silos. More specifically, the topics covered deal with the challenge of adaptation implicit in genotype-by-environment interaction, bring new perspectives on root systems and water productivity, and review the challenges and opportunities provided by crop management, genomic and transgenic approaches to cultivar improvement.

Item Type:	Article
Divisions:	RP-Dryland Cereals
CRP:	CGIAR Research Program on Dryland Cereals
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Crop modelling, Cross-cutting issues, InterDrought, Phenotyping, Plant hydraulics
Subjects:	Others > Plant Physiology Others > Agriculture-Farming, Production, Technology, Economics
Depositing User:	Mr Ramesh K
Date Deposited:	05 Oct 2015 10:39
Last Modified:	19 Oct 2016 09:46
URI:	http://oar.icrisat.org/id/eprint/9042
Official URL:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/FPv41n11_FO
Projects:	UNSPECIFIED
Funders:	UNSPECIFIED
Acknowledgement:	UNSPECIFIED
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