The need to develop effective strategies to enhance maize tolerance to drought stress
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The gap
There is a need to develop effective strategies to enhance maize tolerance to drought stress. The potential of mycorrhizal fungi to mitigate the adverse effects of drought stress on maize growth and yield is not fully understood.
Evidence profile
Sourced from the conclusions and stated research gap and stated challenges of the source papers, classified as general, drawn from work published between 2025 and 2026, spanning 3 journals. Those papers have been cited 11 times in total.
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Supporting evidence — 3 representative gaps
- Battle of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi Against Drought Stress: A Gateway to Sustainable Agriculture (2025) · Journal of Fungi · cited 6× · doi
To achieve sustainable agricultural production and ensure food security, AM fungi need to be explored and exploited at multiple levels, from genes and physiological traits to field-scale management practices, in diverse environments, where crops face drought stress simultaneously. AM fungi can enhance host-plant tolerance to drought stress, but the reciprocal effects of drought on AM fungi themselves, and on the long-term functioning of the symbiosis, are still not fully understood.
generalconclusionsKeywords: fungi drought stress achieve sustainable agricultural production ensure food security need explored exploited multiple levels - Effect of two species of mycorrhizal fungi (Glomus mosseae and G. fasciculatum) on agronomic and physiological traits of hybrid maize (single cross 704) under drought stress (2026) · DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) · doi
There is a need to develop effective strategies to enhance maize tolerance to drought stress. The potential of mycorrhizal fungi to mitigate the adverse effects of drought stress on maize growth and yield is not fully understood.
generalstated research gapevidence 5/5Keywords: there need develop effective strategies enhance maize tolerance - Metagenomic and Metabolomic Perspectives on the Drought Tolerance of Broomcorn Millet (Panicum miliaceum L.) (2025) · Microorganisms · cited 5× · doi
Drought stress poses a significant challenge to crop production, requiring a better understanding of the underlying mechanisms. The complex interactions between plants and rhizospheric microorganisms under drought stress need to be elucidated. The identification of key microorganisms and metabolites involved in drought tolerance is a technical challenge.
generalstated challengesevidence 5/5Keywords: drought stress poses significant challenge crop production requiring
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