Unraveling Field Crops Sensitivity to Heat Stress: Mechanisms, Approaches, and Future Prospects

The astonishing increase in temperature presents an alarming threat to crop production worldwide. As evident by huge yield decline in various crops, the escalating drastic impacts of heat stress (HS) are putting global food production as well as nutritional security at high risk. HS is a major abiot...

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Main Authors: Muhammad Nadeem, Jiajia Li, Minghua Wang, Liaqat Shah, Shaoqi Lu, Xiaobo Wang, Chuanxi Ma
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-07-01
Series:Agronomy
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2073-4395/8/7/128