Drought remains the biggest single threat from climate change to the production of key cereal crops, such as wheat and barley. Cereals also respond in complex ways to drought stress, making improved drought tolerance a challenging trait to achieve. With many cereals recognised as staple food crops due to their nutritional value, more research is required into improving drought tolerance as a means of ensuring the future food security of millions.Developing drou...

A collection of fourteen classic animal stories featuring "Monkey Business, "Ukridge's Dog College," "Open House," and others from the comic master.Fans already familiar with Wodehouse the Connoisseur of Country Houses or Wodehouse the Golfing Enthusiast have a real and unexpected treat in store for them in this remarkable anthology, which highlights a previously overlooked Wodehouse—the Keen Animal Observer, a Wodehouse worthy of a special place of honor. Since the...

A collection of golf stories from the celebrated satirist: "A delight. Wodehouse's drives . . . were deadly accurate when writing about the game." — The Boston GlobeP. G. Wodehouse, Britain's beloved satirist and author of the famous Jeeves series, often said he wished he'd spent more time playing golf and less "fooling about writing stories and things." Happily for all of us, the prolific writer often took his pen to the green.In Fore!...