Global Synthesis of Drought Effects on Food Legume Production

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 10; no. 6; p. e0127401
• Main Authors: Daryanto, Stefani, Wang, Lixin, Jacinthe, Pierre-André
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 10.06.2015; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Agricultural production; Agricultural research; Agriculture; Analysis; Arachis hypogaea; Cajanus cajan; Cereals; Climate change; Conservation; Crop diseases; Crop yield; Crops; Data processing; Drought; Drought effects; Drought resistance; Droughts; Earth science; Fabaceae; Farming systems; Food; Food production; Food security; Food Supply; Grain; Groundnuts; Irrigation; Legumes; Lens culinaris; Moisture content; Monoculture; Nitrogen; Plant sciences; Rain; Reduction; Soil properties; Soil texture; Soils; Soybeans; Species; Texture; Vigna radiata; Vigna unguiculata; Water content; Water scarcity; Water shortages; Yield; Indiana; United States > US; Indianapolis Indiana

Food legume crops play important roles in conservation farming systems and contribute to food security in the developing world. However, in many regions of the world, their production has been adversely affected by drought. Although water scarcity is a severe abiotic constraint of legume crops produ...