Achieving more crop per drop

Davies, William John and Bennett, Malcolm J. (2015) Achieving more crop per drop. Nature Plants, 1: 15118. ISSN 2055-026X

Abstract

Raising the water productivity of crops, such that they yield more with less water, is one route to raising food production over the coming century. To achieve this goal, breeders must look beyond the conservative strategies that plants employ to cope with drought in the wild.