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Biotechnological Approaches to Barley Improvement pp 161–179Cite as

Drought Stress Tolerance Mechanisms in Barley and Its Relevance to Cereals

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Abstract

In the changing environment, water is the major limiting factor for crop productivity throughout the world, and there is every need to generate climate-resilient crops. Since drought is a complex phenomenon, we need to dissect various mechanisms at the physiological, biochemical, and molecular levels in order to generate crop plants with better drought tolerance but without any yield penalties. Accumulated literature points out that improvement at both source and sink levels are needed to elevate final yields under water deficit conditions. Here, we summarize the current status of plant adaptation mechanisms and the strategies that we need to carve for generating drought stress-tolerant crops like barley.

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Acknowledgments

Work in the NS laboratory has been supported by grants from the BLE (GZ:511-06.01-28-1-45.041-10), BMBF (GABI-GRAIN grant number 0315041A; IND 09/526), BMZ grant 81131833, and Ministry of Education, Saxony-Anhalt (IZN). PBK is thankful to the UGC, New Delhi, India, for the financial support.

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    Polavarpu B. Kavi Kishor, Kalladan Rajesh, Palakolanu S. Reddy, Christiane Seiler & Nese Sreenivasulu

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  3. Research Group Abiotic Stress Genomics, Interdisciplinary Center for Crop Plant Research (IZN), Hoher Weg 8, 06120, Halle (Saale), Germany

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  4. Grain Quality and Nutrition Center, International Rice Research Institute, DAPO Box 7777, 1301, Metro Manila, Philippines

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    Jochen Kumlehn

  2. Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), Gatersleben, Germany

    Nils Stein

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Kishor, P.B.K., Rajesh, K., Reddy, P.S., Seiler, C., Sreenivasulu, N. (2014). Drought Stress Tolerance Mechanisms in Barley and Its Relevance to Cereals. In: Kumlehn, J., Stein, N. (eds) Biotechnological Approaches to Barley Improvement. Biotechnology in Agriculture and Forestry, vol 69. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-44406-1_9

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