This book critically examines the environmental hazards posed by
global warming with regard to future food security, which will
depend on a combination of stresses, both biotic and abiotic,
imposed by climate change; variability of weather within a growing
season; and the development of cultivars that are more sensitive to
different ambient conditions. Furthermore, the ability to develop
effective adaptive strategies which allow these cultivars to
express their genetic potential under changing climate conditions
will be essential. In turn, the book investigates those plant
species which are very closely related to field crops and have the
potential to contribute beneficial traits for crop improvement,
e.g. resistance to a wide range of biotic and abiotic stresses,
enriching the gene pool, and ultimately leading to enhanced plant
yield, known as "Crop Wild Relatives" (CWRs). CWRs hold tremendous
potential to sustain and enhance global food security, contributing
to human well-being. Accordingly, their development,
characterization and conservation in crop breeding programs have
assumed great practical importance. Professor Kodoth Prabhakaran
Nair is an internationally acclaimed agricultural scientist, with
over three decades of experience in Europe, Africa and Asia,
holding some of the most prestigious academic positions, including
the National Chair of the Science Foundation, The Royal Society,
Belgium. A Senior Fellow of the world renowned Alexander von
Humboldt Research Foundation of The Federal Republic of Germany, he
is best known, globally, for having developed a revolutionary soil
management technique, known as "The Nutrient Buffer Power Concept",
which, while questioning the scientific fallacies of the highly
soil extractive farming, euphemistically known as the "green
revolution", has opened up an alternative path for sensible and
scientific soil management
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