Integrating animal temperament within ecology and evolution

D Réale, SM Reader, D Sol, PT McDougall… - Biological …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Temperament describes the idea that individual behavioural differences are repeatable over
time and across situations. This common phenomenon covers numerous traits, such as …

Genetic improvement of wheat for drought tolerance: Progress, challenges and opportunities

T Bapela, H Shimelis, TJ Tsilo, I Mathew - Plants, 2022 - mdpi.com
Wheat production and productivity are challenged by recurrent droughts associated with
climate change globally. Drought and heat stress resilient cultivars can alleviate yield loss in …

Pesticide: environmental impacts and management strategies

HK Gill, H Garg - Pesticides-toxic aspects, 2014 - books.google.com
Increase in food production is the prime-most objective of all countries, as world population
is expected to grow to nearly 10 billion by 2050. Based on evidence, world population is …

Pollen magnetofection for genetic modification with magnetic nanoparticles as gene carriers

X Zhao, Z Meng, Y Wang, W Chen, C Sun, B Cui, J Cui… - Nature plants, 2017 - nature.com
Genetic modification plays a vital role in breeding new crops with excellent traits. Almost all
the current genetic modification methods require regeneration from tissue culture, involving …

The history of tomato: from domestication to biopharming

V Bergougnoux - Biotechnology advances, 2014 - Elsevier
Imported from the Andean region to Europe in the 16th century, today tomato is widespread
throughout the world and represents the most economically important vegetable crop …

Jasmonates: multifunctional roles in stress tolerance

P Ahmad, S Rasool, A Gul, SA Sheikh… - Frontiers in plant …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Jasmonates (JAs)[Jasmonic acid (JA) and methyl jasmonates (MeJAs)] are known to take
part in various physiological processes. Exogenous application of JAs so far tested on …

Constraints and prospects of improving cowpea productivity to ensure food, nutritional security and environmental sustainability

OI Omomowo, OO Babalola - Frontiers in Plant Science, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Providing safe and secure food for an increasing number of people globally is challenging.
Coping with such a human population by merely applying the conventional agricultural …

Plant responses to environmental stresses—from gene to biotechnology

MA Ahanger, NA Akram, M Ashraf, MN Alyemeni… - AoB Plants, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Increasing global population, urbanization and industrialization are increasing the rate of
conversion of arable land into wasteland. Supplying food to an ever-increasing population is …

To grow or not to grow: a stressful decision for plants

R Dolferus - Plant Science, 2014 - Elsevier
Progress in improving abiotic stress tolerance of crop plants using classic breeding and
selection approaches has been slow. This has generally been blamed on the lack of reliable …

Plant serine protease inhibitors: biotechnology application in agriculture and molecular farming

M Clemente, MG Corigliano, SA Pariani… - International journal of …, 2019 - mdpi.com
The serine protease inhibitors (SPIs) are widely distributed in living organisms like bacteria,
fungi, plants, and humans. The main function of SPIs as protease enzymes is to regulate the …