Explore the Relationship between Crop and Climate

Agricultural sustainability has been gaining prominence in recent years and is now becoming the focal point of modern agriculture. Recognizing that crop production is very sensitive to climate change, Climate Change Effect on Crop Productivity explores this timely topic in-depth. Incorporating contributions by expert scientists, professors, and researchers from around the world, it emphasizes concerns about the current state of agriculture and of our environment. This text analyzes the global consequences to crop yields, production, and risk of hunger linking climate and socioeconomic scenarios.

Addresses Biotechnology, Climate Change, and Plant Productivity

The book contains 19 chapters covering issues such as CO2, ozone on plants, productivity fertilization effect, UV (ultraviolet) radiation, temperature, and stress on crop growth. The text discusses the impact of changing climate on agriculture, environment stress physiology, adaptation mechanism, climate change data of recent years, impact of global warming, and climate change on different crops. It explores the overall global picture in terms of the effect of crops to climate change during abiotic stress and considers strategies for offsetting and adapting to ongoing climate change.

• Details how and why climate change occurs and how it effects crop productivity and agriculture
• Considers what measures should be taken to mitigate the effect of climate change on agriculture
• Highlights the effect of climate change on crop productivity, the invention of new technology, and strategies for agriculture practice to adapt to climate change
• Provides an analysis of the global warming effect on crop productivity due to climate change and long-term agriculture technique development
• Confirms the asymmetry between potentially severe agricultural damages such as the effect on crop yield due to variation in temperature
• Reports on the results of experiments to assess the effects of global climate change on crop productivity

An asset to agriculturists, environmentalists, climate change specialists, policy makers, and research scholars, Climate Change Effect on Crop Productivity provides relevant information and opportunities for productive engagement and discussion among government negotiators, experts, stakeholders, and others concerned about climate change and agriculture.

About the Author

Dr. Rakesh Singh Sengar is the associate professor, Department of Agriculture Biotechnology, College of Agriculture in Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel University of Agriculture and Technology, Meerut. Dr. Sengar has 19 years of teaching, research, and extension experience to his credit. He has published more than 48 research papers, contributed 105 abstracts/papers to different conferences/symposiums/workshops organised at national and internationalforums, published 780 popular articles in Hindi and English languages in important journals and magazines, and four books. Dr. Sengar is the recipient of the 'Best writer' award from Vishwa Agro Marketing and Communication, as well as a number of other awards.

Kalpana Sengar

, is the youngest recipient of the Women Scientist Fellowship award given by the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India. She has eight years of research experience to her credit in biotechnology. She completed her MSc in biotechnology at the CCS University and her PhD from MJP Roheilkhand University and is working as a women scientist at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel University of Agriculture andTechnology. She has published more than 20 papers in reputed national and international journals and presented papers in several conferences. Her research interests are in agriculture, human nutrition, biotechnology, and plant tissue culture.

Reviews

"This book, comprised of contributions by leading scientists and professors, explores the state of current agriculture production and the potential ways that climate change will affect yield. The authors link climate change to socioeconomics by considering the effect of decreased crop production on hunger. They take a global perspective and this book will be a valuable opportunity to stimulate discussion between governments, stakeholders and scientists."
-Ringgold, Inc. Book News, February 2015

Book Information
ISBN 9781138748224
Author Rakesh S. Sengar
Format Paperback
Page Count 548
Imprint CRC Press
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
Weight(grams) 453g