Right collaborations is the key

• Large-scale production and analysis of stress tolerant transgenics needs active collaborations between plant physiologists, biochemists and geneticists. Collaboration between molecular biologists and biochemists is seen. Active collaboration between molecular biologists, crop physiologists and agronomists is to be forged.

• For best results, universities and agricultural institutes need to get closer.

• Private sector is reluctant to touch abiotic stress projects due to longer incubation periods. Public sector funding has to be maximized.