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Crop Responses to Environment - Adapting to Global Climate Change, Second Edition (Paperback, 2nd edition)
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Crop Responses to Environment - Adapting to Global Climate Change, Second Edition (Paperback, 2nd edition)
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Following in the tradition of its predecessor, Crop Responses to
Environment, this fully updated and more comprehensive second
edition describes aspects of crop responses to environment that are
particularly relevant to the development of improved crop cultivars
and management methods on a global scale. It includes an extensive
discussion of the difficulties in developing agricultural systems
that accommodate increasing human needs for agricultural products
during the twenty-first century in a sustainable manner. The book
features new sections on adaptation to global climate change
including adapting to global warming, elevated atmospheric carbon
dioxide concentration, and increased flooding and salinity through
plant breeding and changes in crop management. Warming effects
include stressful effects of heat on pollen development and reduced
winter chilling effects on fruit and nut trees. The book examines
principles, theories, mathematical models, and experimental
observations concerning plant responses to environment that are
relevant to the development of improved crop cultivars and
management methods. It illustrates the importance of considering
emergent plant properties as well as reductionist approaches to
understanding plant function and adaptation. Plant physiological
and developmental responses to light and temperature, and plant
water relations are considered in detail. Dr. Hall also describes
climatic zone definitions based on temperature, rainfall, and
evaporative demand in relation to plant adaptation and the
prediction of crop water use. Irrigation management and crop
responses to salinity, flooding and toxic levels of boron and
aluminum are considered. Crop responses to pests and diseases as
they interact with crop responses to physical and chemical aspects
of the environment are examined. The book concludes with analyses
illustrating the relevance of crop responses to environment to
plant breeding.
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