Climate Change : Impacts and Adaptations in Crop Plants
Language: English
Published by Toay and Tomorrow, 2011
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Contents Foreword Preface 1 Climate change research in agriculture role of crop simulation modelsS Naresh Kumar and PK Agarwaal 2 Physiology and molecular biology of water logging tolerance in crop plantsRK Sairam 3 Impact of climate change on quality of cereals and oilseed cropsAnjali Anand and Shantha Nagarajan 4 Physiological approaches for sustaining maize productivity under abiotic stressesIshwar Singh Sain Dass Pramod Kumar and Madan Pal 5 Photosynthesis and water use efficiency in C3 and C4 crops under elevated CO2 and temperatureMadan Pal Sangeeta Khetarpal Pramod Kumar and Sunil Kumar Pandey 6 Physiological constraints limiting photosynthesis and grain growth in wheat under elevated temperaturePoonam Sharma Natu Rakesh Pandey and MC Ghildiyal 7 Bioprospecting of genes for changing global climateJasdeep Chatrath Padaria and Akhilesh Kumar 8 Excess water Impact on physiological adaptations in crop plantsPramod Kumar Madan Pal and Ishwar Singh 9 Climate change impacts on rice productivitySubrahmanyam Desiraju SR Voleti and B Sailaja 10 Impact of elevated CO2 and temperature on crop weed interactionVSGR Naidu 11 Vulnerability of trees and fruit crops to climate changeVijay Paul and Rakesh Pandey 12 Impact of rising atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration on horticultural crops productivityVP Singh 13 Effect of climate change on oil palm plantationsK Suresh RK Mathur and M Kochu Babu 14 Physiology of nitrogen fixation in legumes under elevated CO2Rajeev Nayan Bahuguna and Madan Pal 15 Interactive effects of nitrogen and elevated CO2 on crop plantsVanita Jain and Renu Pandey 16 Plant responses to elevated carbon dioxide and phosphate nutritionRenu Pandey Vanita Jain Altaf Ahmad and Kanwar Pal Singh 17 Nutrient dynamics in rhizosphere under impending climate changeTJ Purakayastha 18 Simulation of effect of biotic stresses on crop productivity under climate change scenarioSubhash ChanderCrop Plants are inherently sensitive to climatic change and variability such as temperature and rainfall regimes as well as prevalence of extreme events Understanding the adaptation mechanisms of agricultural crops to climate change is important to develop strategies for sustainable productivity under future climate scenario This book provides a comprehensive account of climate change impacts on growth yield and quality of important food and horticultural crops and their adaptations under Indian conditions It includes the use of crop simulation models to analyse impact of climate change on agriculture bioprospecting of genes for abiotic stress tolerance and options for improving photosynthetic efficiencyThe effect of climate change on crops-weed interactions nutrient dynamics and rhizosphere and insect pest interactions is very crucial for developing strategies for climate change resilient agriculture Variability in the pattern of rainfall is considered on e of the important challenges of climate change and may result in incidence of drought or floods in some regions Understanding the molecular basis identification of genetic sources for important adaptive traits in different crop plants for water deficit and waterlogging stress will be useful to develop new varieties suitable for these stress environmentsBioprospecting of genes for climate change aims at the identification of the lock that influences the stress tolerance trait in a species adapted to stringent ecological stresses It will lead to identification of novel and potential genes and promoters and to understand their molecular mechanisms Impacts of climate change on the distribution phenology and abundance of many pest species may cause large reductions in crop yield This book is an invaluable tool for academics working in plant physiology biochemistry molecular biology soil science agronomy and entomology to develop new strategies for mitigation of the adverse impact of climate change on crops 312 pp.…
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- Climate Change : Impacts and Adaptations in Crop Plants
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- Edited by Madan Pal Singh, Sangeeta Khetarpal, Renu Pandey and Pramod Kumar
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- Toay and Tomorrow
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- 2011
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- Hardcover
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- English
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- 8170194725
- ISBN 13
- 9788170194729
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