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Adverse Effect of Drought on Quality of Major Cereal Crops: Implications and Their Possible Mitigation Strategies

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Cereal crops are the major contributors to the global dietary intake of nutrients, and therefore, grain quality is an important trait for crop improvement. Grain quality in cereals is strongly influenced by genotype and environmental factors. Drought stress alone significantly reduces grain yield and quality of cereal crops worldwide. The present paper discusses the impact of drought on qualitative traits of cereal crops and suggests strategies to enhance grain quality. Drought significantly affects the nutritional properties and quality traits of crops by modifying morphological, physiological, and biochemical traits in plants. This understanding may help plant breeders in developing drought-tolerant varieties while maintaining the desired quality characteristics. Various management techniques have been suggested to enhance grain quality of crops under harsh environments. Among those, exogenous application of potential osmoprotectants (OSP) alone or in combination with soil organic amendments is a promising approach to alleviate drought stress and could be helpful in ameliorating the harmful effects of drought stresses on crop quality.

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Abbreviations

ABA:

Abscisic acid

AC:

Ash content

AsA:

Ascorbic acid

AY:

Ash yield

chl a :

Chlorophyll a

chl b :

Chlorophyll b

CI:

Conventional irrigation

DSI:

Drought stress index

DW:

Dry weight

Fe:

Iron

FW:

Fresh weight

FYM:

Farm yard manure

GB:

Glycinebetaine

GW:

Grain weight

GY:

Grain yield

MDA:

Malondialdehyde

OSP:

Osmoprotectants

OY:

Oil yield

PAL:

Phenylalanine ammonia lyase

PC:

Protein content

POD:

Peroxidase

Pro:

Proline

RLWC:

Relative leaf water content

ROS:

Reactive oxygen species

RWC:

Relative water content

SA:

Salicylic acid

SC:

Starch content

Se:

Selenium

SI:

Supplemental irrigation

SOD:

Superoxide dismutase

SY:

Starch yield

Tre:

Trehalose

TW:

Test weight

UV:

Ultraviolet radiation

Zn:

Zinc

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EL Sabagh, A. et al. (2020). Adverse Effect of Drought on Quality of Major Cereal Crops: Implications and Their Possible Mitigation Strategies. In: Hasanuzzaman, M. (eds) Agronomic Crops. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-0025-1_31

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