Drought Stress in Wheat during Flowering and Grain-filling Periods

• Published in: Critical reviews in plant sciences Vol. 33; no. 4; pp. 331 - 349
• Main Authors: Farooq, Muhammad, Hussain, Mubshar, Siddique, Kadambot H. M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Philadelphia, PA Taylor & Francis 04.07.2014; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: assimilate translocation; Biological and medical sciences; breeding; carbon; Carbon fixation; Chloroplasts; Climate models; Drought; Drought resistance; drought tolerance; Droughts; Environmental stress; filling period; Flowering; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; genetic engineering; genetically modified organisms; Genetics; genomics; Global climate; grain filling; Grains; leaves; marker-assisted selection; Morphology; Photosynthesis; Physiology; Plant breeding; Plant morphology; plant stress; Precipitation; resistance mechanisms; Strategy; Stresses; terminal drought; Terminals; water stress; Wheat; Translocation; terminal drought; Monocotyledones; Metabolite; assimilate translocation; Grain filling; Review; Water stress; Terminal; Triticum; Gramineae; Angiospermae; Flowering; Spermatophyta; Genetic engineering; Plant sciences; Photosynthesis; Drought; breeding

Drought is a major environmental stress threatening wheat productivity worldwide. Global climate models predict changed precipitation patterns with frequent episodes of drought. Although drought impedes wheat performance at all growth stages, it is more critical during the flowering and grain-fillin...