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ReviewFrontiers in chemistry2017

Drought Response in Wheat: Key Genes and Regulatory Mechanisms Controlling Root System Architecture and Transpiration Efficiency.

Manoj Kulkarni, Raju Soolanayakanahally, Satoshi Ogawa, Yusaku Uga, Michael G Selvaraj, Sateesh Kagale

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Review in Frontiers in chemistry, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 92 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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92citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
26.4field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

92 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 223 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Wheat Drought Management: A Broader Prospect.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
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  16. Deciphering drought-response in wheat (Frontiers in plant science · 2025
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32 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 5 institutions in 3 countries.

Manoj KulkarniCanadian Wheat Improvement Flagship Program, National Research Council Canada (NRC-CNRC), Saskatoon, SK, Canada.
Raju SoolanayakanahallySaskatoon Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Saskatoon, SK, Canada.
Satoshi OgawaDepartment of Global Agricultural Sciences, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
Yusaku UgaInstitute of Crop Science (NICS), National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO), Tsukuba, Japan.
Michael G SelvarajAgrobioversity Research Area, International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), Cali, Colombia.
Sateesh KagaleCanadian Wheat Improvement Flagship Program, National Research Council Canada (NRC-CNRC), Saskatoon, SK, Canada.
National Research Council Canada · CAAgriculture and Agri-Food Canada · CAInternational Center for Tropical Agriculture · CONational Agriculture and Food Research Organization · JPThe University of Tokyo · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Abiotic stresses such as, drought, heat, salinity, and flooding threaten global food security. Crop genetic improvement with increased resilience to abiotic stresses is a critical component of crop breeding strategies. Wheat is an important cereal crop and a staple food source globally. Enhanced drought tolerance in wheat is critical for sustainable food production and global food security. Recent advances in drought tolerance research have uncovered many key genes and transcription regulators governing morpho-physiological traits. Genes controlling root architecture and stomatal development play an important role in soil moisture extraction and its retention, and therefore have been targets of molecular breeding strategies for improving drought tolerance. In this systematic review, we have summarized evidence of beneficial contributions of root and stomatal traits to plant adaptation to drought stress. Specifically, we discuss a few key genes such as,

Indexed as

droughtEAR motifroot traitstranscriptional regulationtranspiration efficiencywheat

Identifiers

PMID29259968
PMCPMC5723305
OpenAlexW2774114587

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