In this ready reference, a global team of experts comprehensively cover molecular and cell biology–based approaches to the impact of increasing global temperatures on crop productivity. The work is divided into four parts. Following an introduction to the general challenges for agriculture around the globe due to climate change, part two discusses how the resulting increase of abiotic stress factors can be dealt with. The third part then outlines the different strategies and approaches to address the challenge of climate change, and the whole is rounded off by a number of specific examples of improvements to crop productivity. With its forward–looking focus on solutions, this book is an indispensable help for the agro–industry, policy makers and academia. INDICE: Contents PART I CLIMATE CHANGE 1. Climate Change: Challenges for Future Crop Adjustments Jerry L. Hatfield et al., 2. Carbon in bioenergy crops Abdullah A Jaradat PART II ABIOTIC STRESS TOLERANCE AND CLIMATE CHANGE 3. Plant environmental stress responses to survive and enhance the biomass 4. Agriculture and global climate change: response to elevated temperature and its interaction with other global change factors Scott Heckathorn et al., 5. The role of nitrosative signaling in response to changing climates 6. Current concepts about salinity and salinity tolerance in plants 7. Cold stress tolerance in crop plants 8. Drought–induced oxidative stress and antioxidant defense in crop plants PART III APPROACHED FOR CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION 9. Abiotic stress–responsive small RNAs mediated plant improvement under a changing climate 10. The role of ABA–mediated transcriptional regulation in climate change 11. Transcription Factors: Modulating plant adaptation in the scenario of changing climate 12. Role of Na+/H+ antiporters in Na+ homeostasis in halophytic plants 13. Role of secondary metabolites in abiotic stress tolerance under changing climatic conditions 14. Improvements of crops through androgenesis and transgenic approaches to mitigate the challenges of climate change in sustainable agriculture 15. Bioprospection of weed species for abiotic stress tolerance in crop plants under climate change scenario: Finding the gold buried within weed species PART IV CROP IMPROVEMENT UNDER CLIMATE CHANGE 16. Global climate change: Molecular markers and crop improvement Brijmohan Singh Bhau, 17. Impact of climate change on productivity and thermotolerance in chickpea under rainfed agriculture 18. Climate change and heat stress tolerance in wheat 19. Micropropagation of Aloe vera for improvement and enhanced productivity 20. Climate change and organic carbon storage in forests of Bangladesh 21. Climate change vis–à–vis agricultural response in western Himalayan region 22. In vitro culture of plants of arid environment.
- ISBN: 978-3-527-33491-9
- Editorial: Wiley VCH
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- Fecha Publicación: 22/01/2014
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