An integrated approach to maintaining cereal productivity under climate change

Global Food Security

Volumn 8, Issue , 2016, Pages 9-18

  Reynolds, Matthew P ^a   Quilligan, Emma ^a   Aggarwal, Pramod K ^b   Bansal, Kailash C ^c   Cavalieri, Anthony J ^d   Chapman, Scott C ^e   Chapotin, Saharah M ^f   Datta, Swapan K ^g   Duveiller, Etienne ^h   Gill, Kulvinder S ⁱ   Jagadish, Krishna S V ^j,k   Joshi, Arun K ^l   Koehler, Ann Kristin ^m   Kosina, Petr ^a   Krishnan, Srivalli ⁿ   Lafitte, Renee ^o   Mahala, Rajendra S ^o   Raveendran, Muthurajan ^p   Paterson, Andrew H ^q   Prasanna, Boddupalli M ^r   Rakshit, Sujay ^s   Rosegrant, Mark W ^t   Sharma, Indu ^u   Singh, Ravi P ^a   Sivasankar, Shoba ^v   Vadez, Vincent ^v   Valluru, Ravi ^a   Vara Prasad, P V ^k   Yadav, Om Prakash ^w   more..

^a INTERNATIONAL MAIZE AND WHEAT IMPROVEMENT CENTER CIMMYT   (Mexico)

^b INTERNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE   (India)

^c NATIONAL BUREAU OF PLANT GENETIC RESOURCES   (India)

^d BILL AND MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION   (United States)

^e CSIRO   (Australia)

^f UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^g INDIAN COUNCIL OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH   (India)

^h Borlaug Institute for South Asia (BISA)   (India)

ⁱ WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j INTERNATIONAL RICE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Philippines)

^k KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^l International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center Nepal   (Nepal)

^m UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

ⁿ Food Security Office   (India)

^o DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

^p TAMIL NADU AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^q UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^r INTERNATIONAL MAIZE AND WHEAT IMPROVEMENT CENTER CIMMYT   (Kenya)

^s ICAR INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MILLETS RESEARCH   (India)

^t INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^u ICAR INDIAN INSTITUTE OF WHEAT AND BARLEY RESEARCH   (India)

^v INTERNATIONAL CROPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR THE SEMI ARID TROPICS ICRISAT   (India)

^w ICAR INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MAIZE RESEARCH   (India)

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Author keywords

Cereals; Climate change; Networks; Phenotyping platforms; Yields

Indexed keywords

EID: 84978511928     PISSN: 22119124     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gfs.2016.02.002     Document Type: Review

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