Climate Change : Impacts and Adaptations in Crop Plants

About the Book

� Climate change research in agriculture: Role of crop simulation models � Physiology and molecular biology of waterlogging tolerance in crop plants � Impact of climate change on quality of cereals and oilseed crops � Physiological approaches for sustaining maize productivity under abiotic stresses � Photosynthesis and water use efficiency in C3 and C4 crops under elevated CO2 and temperature � Physiological constraints limiting photosynthesis and grain growth in wheat under elevated temperature � Bioprospecting of genes for changing global climate � Excess water: Impact on physiological adaptations in crop plants � Climate change impacts on rice productivity � Impact of elevated CO2 and temperature on crop-weed interaction � Vulnerability of trees and fruit crops to climate change � Impact of rising atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration on horticultural crops productivity � Effect of climate change on oil palm plantations � Physiology of nitrogen fixation in legumes under elevated CO2 � Interactive effects of nitrogen and elevated CO2 on crop plants � Plant responses to elevated carbon dioxide and phosphate nutrition � Nutrient dynamics in rhizosphere under impending climate change � Simulation of effect of biotic stresses on crop productivity under climate change scenario � Potential effects of climate change on insect pest dynamics

Climate Change : Impacts and Adaptations in Crop Plants by Dr. Madan Pal Singh.

320 pages · · Published 2011

Subjects: Agriculture, Botany, Soil Sc./Agronomy