Volaire F., Gleason S.M., Carminati A., Griffin-Nolan R.J.,, Mencuccini M., Barkaoui K., Bucci S., Carriqúi M., Comas L., Coupel-Ledru A., Leverett A., Marks R., Martinez-Vilalta J., Rowland L., Steward J.J., Vadez V. 2026. From growth potential to drought survival: a trait- and time-based framework for plant water economics across vascular species. New Phytologist.

Divya K., Sivasakthi K., Pasha G., Dhaware M.G., Katamreddy S.C., Kishor P.B.K., Sharma K.K., Vadez V., Reddy P.S. 2026. Functional Characterization of Sorghum Aquaporin SbTIP2;1 for Enhanced Salt, Drought and Heat Tolerance in Transgenic Tobacco. Plant Science. 112989.

Birhan T., Abajebel N., Wakjira M., Mitiku T., Vadez V., Tadege M., Paterson A.H., Bantte K. 2025. Harnessing the genetic potential of exotic sorghum germplasm for drought resilience in arid regions of Ethiopia. Frontiers in Plant Science. 16.

Pilloni R., Aparna K., El Ghazzal Z., Kar S., Hajjarpoor A., Xue W., Affortit P., Ribière W., Badji R., Sine B., Kholova J., Tardieu F., Vadez V. 2025. Large Variations in the Transpiration of Sorghum Canopies Under High Evaporative Demand Are Positively Related to Water Use Efficiency. Plant, Cell & Environment.

Xue W., Kissel E., Tóth A., Pilloni R., Vadez V. 2025. Identifying phenotypic markers explaining positive sorghum response to sowing density using 3D-imaging. Smart Agricultural Technology. 10. 100756.

Garba H., Hamidou F., Abdou H., Burridge J. and Vadez V. 2024. Effect of vapor pressure deficit on growth and yield of pearl millet germplasm originating from semi-arid, semihumid and humid regions. . Front. Plant Sci. 15. 1465686 .

De la Fuente C., Grondin A., Sine B., Debieu M., Belin C., Hajjarpoor A., Atkinson J., Passot S., Salson M., Orjuela J., Tranchant-Dubreuil C., Brossier J.-R., Steffen M., Morgado C., Dinh H. N., Pandey B., Darmau J., Champion A., Petitot A.-S., Barrachina C., Pratlong M., Mounier T., Gantet P., Gangashetty P., Guedon Y., Vadez V., Reichheld J.-P., Bennett M., Kane N., Guyomarc'h S., Wells D., Vigouroux Y., Laplaze L. 2024. Glutaredoxin regulation of primary root growth confers early drought stress tolerance in pearl millet. eLife. 12.

Grégoire L., Kholova J., Srivastava R., Hash C. T., Vigouroux Y., Vadez V. 2024. Transpiration efficiency variations in the pearl millet reference collection PMiGAP. PLOS ONE. 19(7). e0299686.

Vadez V., Grondin A., Chenu K., Henry A., Laplaze L., Millet E., Carminati A. 2024. Crop traits and production under drought. Nature Reviews Earth & Environment. 5. 211–225.

Pilloni R., Kakkera A., Jana K., Tardieu F., Vincent V., Vadez V. 2024. The genotypic variation in the positive response of sorghum to higher sowing density is linked to an increase in water use efficiency. European Journal of Agronomy. 158. 127207.

Mayanja I. K., Diepenbrock C. H., Vadez V., Lei T., Bailey B. N. 2024. Practical Considerations and Limitations of Using Leaf and Canopy Temperature Measurements as a Stomatal Conductance Proxy: Sensitivity across Environmental Conditions, Scale, and Sample Size. Plant Phenomics. 6. 169.

Diancoumba M., Kholová J., Adam M., Famanta M., Clerget B., Traore P. C. S., Weltzien E., Vacksmann M., McLean G., Hammer G. L., van Oosterom E. J., Vadez V. 2024. APSIM‑based modeling approach to understand sorghum production environments in Mali. Agronomy for Sustainable Development. 44. 25.

Bonatti M., Lana M., Medina L., Chevelev P., Baldivieso C., Errismann C., Gleich P., Rodriguez T., Eufemia L., da Silva Rosa T., Borba J., Matavel C., Schlindwein S., Ison R., Eisenack K., Hellin J., Pacillo G., Vadez V., Bossuet J., Dolinska A., Sieber S. 2024. Global analysis of social learning’s archetypes in natural resource management: understanding pathways of co-creation of knowledge. Humanity and Social Sciences Communications. 11. 1161.

Vadez V., Messina C. D., Carminati A. 2023. Combatting drought: A multi-dimensional challenge. Journal of Experimental Botany. 74(16). 4765-4769.

Vadez V., Pilloni R., Grondin A., Hajjarpoor A., Belhouchette H., Brouziyne Y., Chehbouni G., Kharrou M. H., Zitouna-Chebbi R., Mekki I., Molenat J., Jacob F., Bossuet J. 2023. Water use efficiency across scales: from genes to landscapes. Journal of Experimental Botany. 74(16). 4770-4788.

Dolinksa A., Hassenforder E., Loboguerrero A. M., Sultan B., Bossuet J., Cottenceau J., Bonatti M., Hellin J., Mekki I., Drogoul A., Vadez V. 2023. Co-production opportunities seized and missed in decision-support frameworks for climate-change adaptation in agriculture – How do we practice the “best practice”?. Agricultural Systems. 212. 103775.

Brouziyne Y., El Bilali A., Epule Epule T., Ongoma V., Elbeltagi A., Hallam J., Moudden F., Al-Zubi M., Vadez V., McDonnell R. 2023. Towards Lower Greenhouse Gas Emissions Agriculture in North Africa through Climate-Smart Agriculture: A Systematic Review. Climate. 11 (7). 139.

Affortit P., Effa-Effa B., Ndoye M. S., Moukouanga D., Luchaire N., Cabrera-Bosquet L., Peralvarez M., Pilloni R., Welcker C., Champion A., Gantet P., Diedhiou A. G., Manneh B., Aroca R., Vadez V., Laplaze L., Cubry P., Grondin A. 2022. Physiological and genetic control of transpiration efficiency in African rice, Oryza glaberrima Steud. Journal of Experimental Botany. 73(15). 5279-5293.

Sudhakar Reddy P., Dhaware M. G., Sivasakthi K., Divya K., Nagaraju M., Sri Cindhuri K., Kavi Kishor P. B., Bhatnagar-Mathur P., Vadez V., Sharma K. K. 2022. Pearl Millet Aquaporin Gene PgPIP2;6 Improves Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Transgenic Tobacco. Frontiers in Plant Science. 13.

Pilloni R., Faye A., Kakkera A., Kholova J., Badji R., Faye C., Vadez V. 2022. Higher sowing density of pearl millet increases productivity and water use efficiency in high evaporative demand seasons. Frontiers in Plant Science. 13.

Hajjarpoor A., Nelson W. C. D., Vadez V. 2022. How process-based modeling can help plant breeding deal with G x E x M interactions. Field Crops Research. 283. 108554.

Gleason S. M., Barnard D. M., Green T. R., Mackay S., Wang D. R., Ainsworth E. A., Altenhofen J., Brodribb T. J., Cochard H., Comas L. H., Cooper M., Creek D., DeJonge K. C., Delzon S., Fritschi F. B., Hammer G. L., Hunter C., Lombardozzi D., Messina C. D., Ocheltree T., Stevens B. M., Stewart J. J., Vadez V., Wenz J., Wright I. J., Yemoto K., Zhang H. H. 2022. Physiological trait networks enhance understanding of crop growth and water use in contrasting environments. Plant, Cell and Environment. 45 (9). 2554-2572.

D’Agostini F., Vadez V., Kholova J., Ruiz-Pérez J., Madella M., Lancelotti C. 2022. Understanding the Relationship between Water Availability and Biosilica Accumulation in Selected C4 Crop Leaves: An Experimental Approach. Plants. 11 (8). 1019.

D’Agostini F., Ruiz-Pérez J., Madella M., Vadez V., Kholova J., Lancelotti C. 2022. Phytoliths as indicators of plant wáter availability: The case of millets cultivation in the Indus Valley civilization. Review of Paleobotany and Palynology. 309. 104783.

Dong H. X., Birhan T., Abajebel N., Wakjira M., Mitiku T., Lemke C., Vadez V., Paterson A. H., Bantte K. 2022. Natural variation further increases resilience of sorghum bred for chronically drought-prone environments. Journal of Experimental Botany. 73 (16). 5730-5744.

Birhan T., Dong H. G., Abajebel N., Wakjira M., Lemke C., Vadez V., Paterson A. H., Bantte K. 2022. Exploiting genetic variation from unadapted germplasm—An example from improvement of sorghum in Ethiopia. Plants, People, Planet. 4 (5). 523-536.

Burridge J. D., Grondin A., Vadez V. 2022. Optimizing Crop Water Use for Drought and Climate Change Adaptation Requires a Multi-Scale Approach. Frontiers in Plant Science. 13.

Vadez V., Choudhary S., Kholova J., Hash C. T., Srivastava R., Ashok Kumar A., Prandavada A., Anjaiah M. 2021. Transpiration efficiency: insights from comparisons of C4 cereal species. Journal of Experimental Botany. 72(14). 5221-5234.

Pandey M. K., Gangurde S. S., Sharma V., Pattanashetti S. K., Naidu G. K., Faye I., Hamidou F., Desmae H., Kane N. A., Yuan M, Vadez V., Nigam S. N., Varshney R. K. 2021. Improved Genetic Map Identified Major QTLs for Drought Tolerance- and Iron Deficiency Tolerance-Related Traits in Groundnut. Genes. 12(1). 37.

Kar S., Purbey V. K., Suradhaniwar S., Korbu L. B., Kholová J., Durbha S. S., Adinarayana J., Vadez V. 2021. An ensemble machine learning approach for determination of the optimum sampling time for evapotranspiration assessment from high-throughput phenotyping data. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture. 182. 105992.

Gano B., Dembele J. S. B., Tovignan T. K., Sine B., Vadez V., Diouf D., Audebert A. 2021. Adaptation Responses to Early Drought Stress of West Africa Sorghum Varieties. Agronomy. 11 (3). 443.

Hajjarpoor A., Kholova J., Pasupuleti J., Soltani A., Burridge J. D., Degala B., Gattu S., Murali T. V., Garin V., Radhakrishnan T., Vadez V. 2021. Environmental characterization and yield gap analysis to tackle genotype-by-environment-by-management interactions and map region-specific agronomic and breeding targets in groundnut. Field Crops Research. 267. 108160.

Beggi F., Vadez V., Buerkert A. 2021. Ammonium fertilization increases pearl millet yield by promoting early root growth, higher tillering, and water use during grain filling in a low P Sahelian soil. Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science. 184 (1). 123-131.

Divya K., Palakolanu S. R., Kishor P. K., Rajesh A. S., Vadez V., Sharma K. K., Mathur P. B. 2021. Functional characterization of late embryogenesis abundant genes and promoters in pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum L.) for abiotic stress tolerance. Physiologia Plantarum. 173 (4). 1616-1628.

Grondin A., Affortit P., Tranchant-Dubreuil C., De la Fuente-Canto C., Mariac C., Gantet P., Vadez V., Vigouroux Y., Laplaze L. 2020. Aquaporins are main contributors to root hydraulic conductivity in pearl millet [Pennisetum glaucum (L) R. Br.]. PLOS ONE. 15(10). e0233481.

Sivasakhti K., Tharanya M., Zaman-Allah M., Kholova J., Thirunalasundari T., Vadez V. 2020. Transpiration difference under high evaporative demand in chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) may be explained by differences in the water transport pathway in the root cylinder. Plant Biology. 22(5). 769-780.

Soltani A., Alimagham S. M., Nehbandani A., Torabi B., Zeinali E., Dadrasi A., Zand E., Ghassemi S., Pourshirazi S., Alasti O., Hosseini R. S., Zahed M., Arabameri R., Mohammadzadeh Z., Rahban S., Kamari H., Fayazi H., Mohammadi S., Keramat S., Vadez V., van Ittersum M. K., Sinclair T. R. 2020. SSM-iCrop2: A simple model for diverse crop species over large areas. Agricultural Systems. 182. 102855.

Soltani A., Alimagham S. M., Nehbandani A., Torabi B., Zeinali E., Zand A., Vadez V., van Loon M. P., van Ittersum M. K. 2020. Future food self-sufficiency in Iran: A model-based analysis. Global Food Security. 24. 100351.

Soltani A., Alimagham S. M., Nehbandani A., Torabi B., Zeinali E., Zand E., Ghassemi S., Vadez V., Sinclair T. R., van Ittersum M. K. 2020. Modeling plant production at country level as affected by availability and productivity of land and water. Agricultural Systems. 183. 102859.

Nelson W. C. D., Hoffmann M. P., Vadez V., Rötter R. P., Koch M., Whitbread A. M. 2020. Can intercropping be an adaptation to drought? A model-based analysis for pearl millet–cowpea. Journal of Agronomy and Crop Science. 208 (6). 910-927.

Sinclair T., Soltani A., Marrou H., Ghanem M., Vadez V. 2020. Geospatial assessment for crop physiological and management improvements with examples using the simple simulation model. Crop Science. 60(2). 700-708.

Ramirez-Villegas J., Molero Milan A., Alexandrov N., Asseng S., Challinor A. J., Crossa J., van Eeuwijk F., Ghanem M. E., Grenier C., Heinemann A. B., Wang J. K., Juliana P., Kehel Z., Kholova J., Koo J., Pequeno D., Quiroz R., Rebolledo M. C., Sukumaran S., Vadez V., White J. W., Reynolds M. 2020. CGIAR modeling approaches for resource-constrained scenarios: I. Accelerating crop breeding for a changing climate. Crop Science. 60(2). 547-567.

Pushpavalli R., Berger J. D., Turner N. C., Siddique K. H. M., Colmer T. D., Vadez V. 2020. Cross-tolerance for drought, heat and salinity stresses in chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.). Journal of Agronomy and Crop Science. 206(3). 405-419.

Kar S., Tanaka R., Korbu L. B., Kholova J., Iwata H., Durbha S. S., Adinarayana J., Vadez V. 2020. Automated discretization of ‘transpiration restriction to increasing VPD’ features from outdoors high-throughput phenotyping data. Plant Methods. 16. 140.

Kummari D., Bhatnagar-Mathur P., Sharma K. K., Vadez V., Sudhakar Reddy P. S. 2020. Functional characterization of the promoter of pearl millet heat shock protein 10 (PgHsp10) in response to abiotic stresses in transgenic tobacco plants. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 156. 103-110.

Kar S., Garin V., Kholová J., Vadez V., Durbha S. S., Tanaka R., Iwata H., Urban M. O., Adinarayana J. 2020. SpaTemHTP: A Data Analysis Pipeline for Efficient Processing and Utilization of Temporal High-Throughput Phenotyping Data. Frontiers in Plant Science. 11.

Kummari D., Palakolanu S. R., Kavi Kishore P. B., Bhatnagar-Mathur P., Singam P., Vadez V., Sharma K. K. 2020. An update and perspectives on the use of promoters in plant genetic engineering. Journal of Biosciences. 45. 119.

Choudhary S., Guha A., Kholova J., Pandravada A., Messina C. D., Cooper M., Vadez V. 2020. Maize, sorghum, and pearl millet have highly contrasting species strategies to adapt to water stress and climate change-like conditions. Plant Science. 295. 110297.

Sivasakthi K., Marques E., Kalungwana N., Carrasquilla-Garcia N., Chang P. L., Bergmann E. M., Bueno E. Cordeiro M., Sani S. G. A. S., Udupa S. M., Rather I. A., Mir R. R., Vadez V., Vandemark G. J., Gaur P. M., Cook D. R., Boesch C., von Wettberg E. J. B., Kholova J. Penmetsa R. V. 2019. Functional Dissection of the Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) Stay-Green Phenotype Associated with Molecular Variation at an Ortholog of Mendel’s I Gene for Cotyledon Color: Implications for Crop Production and Carotenoid Biofortification. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 20(22). 5562.

Karthika G., Kholova J., Alimagham S., Ganesan M., Keerthi C., Kumari R., Vadez V. 2019. Measurement of transpiration restriction under high vapor pressure deficit for sorghum mapping population parents. Plant Physiology Reports. 24. 74-85.

Kummari D., Kavi Kishore P. B., Bhatnagar-Mathur P., Singam P., Sharma K. K., Vadez V., Palakolanu S. R. 2019. Isolation and functional characterization of three abiotic stress‑inducible (Apx, Dhn and Hsc70) promoters from pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum L.). Molecular Biology Reports. 46. 6039-6052.