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Drought stress responses in crops
Arun K Shanker1, M Maheswari, S K Yadav
1Division of Crop Sciences, Central Research Institute for Dryland Agriculture (CRIDA), Santoshnagar, Saidabad P.O, Hyderabad, 500-059, India, arunshank@gmail.com.
Abstract:
Among the effects of impending climate change, drought will have a profound impact on crop productivity in the future. Response to drought stress has been studied widely, and the model plant Arabidopsis has guided the studies on crop plants with genome sequence information viz., rice, wheat, maize and sorghum. Since the value of functions of genes, dynamics of pathways and interaction of networks for drought tolerance in plants can only be judged by evidence from field performance, this mini-review provides a research update focussing on the current developments on the response to drought in crop plants. Studies in Arabidopsis provide the basis for interpreting the available information in a systems biology perspective. In particular, the elucidation of the mechanism of drought stress response in crops is considered from evidence-based outputs emerging from recent omic studies in crops.
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